Test 6 · ★ · The friend with a PS6
Ava doesn't want to go to her friend's party because she's going to another one. What hurts least?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ava · What happens: not want, go, hurt · To what, where: party, one
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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: Ava doesn't want to go to her friend's party because she's going to another one.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 want | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 want | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 want | advmod |
| 4 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 want | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 party | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 friend | nmod:poss |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 party | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 friend | case |
| 11 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 go | obl |
| 12 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 15 going | mark |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 going | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 going | aux |
| 15 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 go | advcl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 one | case |
| 17 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 18 one | det |
| 18 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 going | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not want | present · do-support | Ava | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | Ava not said here | Ava's friend's party | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | go | present · progressive | Ava | another one | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to one=Initial_Location |
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 hurts least?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 hurts | nsubj |
| 2 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | least | least | ADV | Degree=Sup | 2 hurts | advmod |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 hurts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present | least property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
«Sorry, I'm going to Lily's, I can't do both»
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 going | punct |
| 2 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 6 going | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sorry | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 going | nsubj |
| 5 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 going | aux |
| 6 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 do | advcl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Lily | case |
| 8 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 going | obl |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Lily | case |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 going | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 do | nsubj |
| 12 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 do | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 do | advmod |
| 14 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 15 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 do | obj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | present · progressive | I | Lily | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to lily=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | not do in a quote | can | I | both | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Eventuality |
Option 2
Going to both parties and leaving each one early
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 parties | case |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 parties | det |
| 4 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Going | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 leaving | cc |
| 6 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Going | conj |
| 7 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 one | det |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leaving | obj |
| 9 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 leaving | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | gerund | both parties | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial_Location | |||||
| 2 | leave | gerund | each one | early property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
Option 3
Just not turning up and saying nothing after
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 3 turning | advmod |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 turning | advmod |
| 3 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 turning | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 saying | cc |
| 6 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 turning | conj |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 saying | obj |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 nothing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not turn up | gerund | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
Option 4
«I've got the dentist»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dentist | det |
| 6 | dentist | dentist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · perfect | I | the dentist | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dentist=Stimulus |
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