Test 9 · ★★ · When the story falls apart
Kirsty's teacher rang Dad, and now the grown-ups are worried. What should Kirsty do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, grown ups, Kirsty · What happens: ring, grow, be, do · To what, where: Dad
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Kirsty's teacher rang Dad, and now the grown-ups are worried.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirsty | Kirsty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Kirsty | case |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rang | nsubj |
| 4 | rang | ring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 rang | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 worried | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 worried | cc |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 worried | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 ups | det |
| 10 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 ups | amod |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 grown | punct |
| 12 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 worried | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 worried | cop |
| 14 | worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rang | parataxis |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 rang | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ring | past | Kirsty's teacher | Dad | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dad=Theme | ||||
| 2 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | the grown ups | now | worried property | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What should Kirsty do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | Kirsty | Kirsty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Kirsty | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Stay quiet and let it all pass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 let | cc |
| 4 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 let | obj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 pass | advmod |
| 7 | pass | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 let | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | quiet property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | you not said here | it | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | pass | present | you not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Blame the teacher for ringing Dad without asking her first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame | blame | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obj |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 ringing | mark |
| 5 | ringing | ring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Blame | advcl |
| 6 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ringing | obj |
| 7 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 8 asking | mark |
| 8 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 ringing | advcl |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 first | nmod:poss |
| 10 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 asking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | imperative | you not said here | the teacher | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ring | gerund | you not said here | Dad | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dad=Theme | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | gerund | you not said here | teacher's first | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent first=Recipient |
Option 3
Say Dad got the dates wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 Dad | compound |
| 2 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dates | det |
| 5 | dates | date | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 got | obj |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | get | past | Say Dad | the dates | wrong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer date=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Explain everything and say sorry to both parents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Explain | explain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Explain | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 say | cc |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Explain | conj |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 say | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 parents | case |
| 7 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 parents | det |
| 8 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sorry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | everything | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | infinitive | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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