Test 3 · Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not you…
Jake tells everyone: «that goose was psycho, attacked me for nothing». Is that fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jake, goose, psycho, that · What happens: tell, be, attack · To what, where: everyone, psycho, Jake · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» 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: Jake tells everyone: «that goose was psycho, attacked me for nothing».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 tells | nsubj |
| 2 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 tells | obj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 psycho | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 psycho | punct |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 goose | det |
| 7 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 psycho | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 psycho | cop |
| 9 | psycho | psycho | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tells | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 attacked | punct |
| 11 | attacked | attack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 psycho | acl:relcl |
| 12 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 attacked | obj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 nothing | case |
| 14 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 attacked | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 psycho | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 tells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | Jake | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | that goose | psycho | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | attack in a quote | past | psycho not said here | Jake | for nothing | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent i=Theme for nothing=Attribute |
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: Is that fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fair | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 fair | nsubj |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it was protecting its young from him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 protecting | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 protecting | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 protecting | aux |
| 5 | protecting | protect | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 young | nmod:poss |
| 7 | young | young | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 protecting | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 protecting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | past · progressive | it | its young | from him = he | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent young=Beneficiary from he=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, geese often attack people for no reason
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 geese | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | geese | goose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 attack | nsubj |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 attack | advmod |
| 5 | attack | attack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 attack | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 reason | case |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 reason | det |
| 9 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 attack | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attack | present | geese | people | for no reason; often property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent people=Theme for reason=Attribute |
Option 3
Yes, bread makes geese angry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 makes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | geese | goose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 makes | obj |
| 6 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | bread | geese | angry property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material goose=Product |
Option 4
No, it wanted a selfie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 selfie | det |
| 6 | selfie | selfie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | it | a selfie | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot selfie=Theme |
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