Test 7 · ★★ · Cruel pranks and where the line is
Your friends plan a fake love note to a girl in class. What do you do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friends, you · What happens: plan, do · To what, where: fake love note, class
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Your friends plan a fake love note to a girl in class.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friends | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 plan | nsubj |
| 3 | plan | plan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 note | det |
| 5 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 note | amod |
| 6 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 note | compound |
| 7 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plan | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 girl | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 girl | det |
| 10 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plan | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 class | case |
| 12 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plan | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 plan | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | present | Your friends | a fake love note | class | to a girl | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Topic |
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 do you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 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 | present · do-support | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Don't join in, and tell a grown-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 join | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 join | advmod |
| 3 | join | join | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 join | compound:prt |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 tell | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 tell | cc |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 join | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 up | det |
| 9 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 up | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 up | punct |
| 11 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not join in | imperative · do-support | you not said here | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a grown up | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |
Option 2
Help write it nicely so it's less mean
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 write | compound |
| 2 | write | write | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 write | obj |
| 4 | nicely | nicely | ADV | _ | 2 write | advmod |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 less | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 less | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 less | cop |
| 8 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 write | obl |
| 9 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 less | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | imperative | you not said here | it | nicely property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | it | less property | tree rules |
Option 3
Watch but don't write
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 write | cc |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 write | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 write | advmod |
| 5 | write | write | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Watch | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | imperative | you not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not write | infinitive · do-support | you not said here | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Tell the girl it's real
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 girl | det |
| 3 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 real | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 real | cop |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the girl | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | real property | tree rules |
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