Test 11 · ★ · Funny pranks
Ollie's dad: «Proper job, son!» How does he feel about the spider?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ollie · What happens: feel
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 438 «Funny pranks» 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: Ollie's dad: «Proper job, son!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ollie | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 job | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 job | punct |
| 6 | Proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 job | amod |
| 7 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 son | punct |
| 9 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 job | vocative |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 job | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 job | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: How does he feel about the spider?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 feel | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 feel | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 feel | nsubj |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 spider | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 spider | det |
| 7 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feel | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 feel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present · do-support | Ollie | about the spider | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about spider=Location |
The options
Option 1
He didn't notice the spider at all
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 | 4 notice | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 notice | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 notice | advmod |
| 4 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 spider | det |
| 6 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 notice | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 notice | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not notice | past · do-support | He | the spider | all | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer spider=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He wants Ollie to tidy up the slippers
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 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 tidy | mark |
| 5 | tidy | tidy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 tidy | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 slippers | det |
| 8 | slippers | slipper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tidy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | Ollie | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tidy up not said to happen | to-infinitive | Ollie not said here | the slippers | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He thinks it was a great prank
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 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 prank | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 prank | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 prank | det |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 prank | amod |
| 7 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | He | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a great prank | tree rules |
Option 4
He's angry about the spider
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 | 3 angry | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 angry | cop |
| 3 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 spider | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 spider | det |
| 6 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 angry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | about the spider; angry property | tree rules |
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