Test 3 · ★★ · Big kids, little kids and the truth at home
Ivy: «gimme your sweets or I'll tell Mum you hit me». He didn't. What's the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, you, He, best answer · What happens: gimme, tell, hit, not do, be · To what, where: sweets, Mum, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 433 «Big kids, little kids and the truth at home» 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: Ivy: «gimme your sweets or I'll tell Mum you hit me».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivy | ivy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 gimme | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 gimme | punct |
| 4 | gimme | gimme | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ivy | appos |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sweets | nmod:poss |
| 6 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gimme | obj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 tell | cc |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 tell | nsubj |
| 9 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 tell | aux |
| 10 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 gimme | conj |
| 11 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tell | obj |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 hit | nsubj |
| 13 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 Mum | acl:relcl |
| 14 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 hit | obj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 gimme | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ivy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gimme in a quote | infinitive | your sweets | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert in a quote | future | I | Mum | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | hit in a quote | past | you | me | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme |
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: He didn't.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 did | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | past | He | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: What's the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Give her the sweets every week so she stays quiet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sweets | det |
| 4 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Give | obj |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 week | det |
| 6 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 stays | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 stays | nsubj |
| 9 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | advcl |
| 10 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 stays | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | the sweets | her = she | week | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient sweet=Theme | ||
| 2 | stay | present | she | quiet property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Hit her so the story is true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hit | obj |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 true | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 story | det |
| 5 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 true | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 true | cop |
| 7 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Hit | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the story | true property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
«Go on then» — and tell Mum about the threat himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Go | punct |
| 2 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADV | _ | 2 Go | advmod |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 Go | advmod |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Go | punct |
| 6 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Go | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 tell | cc |
| 8 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 Go | conj |
| 9 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tell | obj |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 threat | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 threat | det |
| 12 | threat | threat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tell | obl |
| 13 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 12 threat | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on in a quote | imperative | you not said here | then | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | Mum | about the threat himself | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about threat=Topic |
Option 4
Hide from Mum all day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Mum | case |
| 3 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hide | nmod |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 day | det |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hide | obl:unmarked |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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