Test 10 · ★★ · Cruel pranks and where the line is
Callum went to the fake party with a present. What would make it right afterwards?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Callum · What happens: go, make · To what, where: fake party, present
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 439 «Cruel pranks and where the line is» 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: Callum went to the fake party with a present.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Callum | Callum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 party | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 party | det |
| 5 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 party | amod |
| 6 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 present | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 present | det |
| 9 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Callum | the fake party | with a present | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to party=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 would make it right afterwards?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 make | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 make | xcomp |
| 6 | afterwards | afterwards | ADV | _ | 3 make | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | would | present | afterwards, right property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary it=Product |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
A real sorry and stopping it for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sorry | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sorry | amod |
| 3 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 stopping | cc |
| 5 | stopping | stop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 sorry | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stopping | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 good | case |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stopping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | gerund | it | for good | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Laughing with him about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laughing | laugh | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 him | case |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Laughing | obl |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Laughing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | gerund | with him = he; about it | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Inviting him to another party, a real one this time, to make up
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inviting | invite | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 make | csubj |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Inviting | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 party | case |
| 4 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 party | det |
| 5 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Inviting | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 party | appos |
| 10 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 time | det |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 one | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 make | punct |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 make | mark |
| 14 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 15 | up | up | ADP | _ | 14 make | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invite | gerund | him = he | to another party | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | make up | to-infinitive | Inviting | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Saying it was only a joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 joke | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Saying | obj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 joke | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 joke | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 joke | det |
| 6 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||||
| 2 | be speech: other | past | Saying | a joke | tree rules |
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