Test 7 · How best friends start
Maddie wants to give Lily a necklace in front of the whole class. Chloe is right there. Kindest choice?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maddie, Chloe · What happens: want, give, be · To what, where: necklace, Lily, front
This is test 7 of lesson 461 «How best friends start» 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: Maddie wants to give Lily a necklace in front of the whole class.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 give | mark |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 give | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 necklace | det |
| 7 | necklace | necklace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 front | case |
| 9 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 class | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 class | det |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 class | amod |
| 13 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 front | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Maddie | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | give not said to happen | to-infinitive | Maddie not said here | a necklace | Lily | front of the whole class | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent lily=Recipient necklace=Theme |
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: Chloe is right there.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 there | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 there | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 there | advmod |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 there | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Chloe | right, there property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Kindest choice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kindest | kind | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 choice | amod |
| 2 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 choice | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Ask Chloe to pay for one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 pay | mark |
| 4 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 one | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | Chloe | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent chloe=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | pay not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | for one | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for one=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Do it in a way that doesn't shut Chloe out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Do | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 way | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Do | obl |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 shut | nsubj |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 shut | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 shut | advmod |
| 9 | shut | shut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl:relcl |
| 10 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 shut | obj |
| 11 | out | out | ADV | _ | 9 shut | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | it | a way | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | not shut out | present · do-support | a way | Chloe | out property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent chloe=Patient |
Option 3
Show it off so Chloe knows where she stands now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Show | obj |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Show | compound:prt |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 6 knows | mark |
| 5 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 knows | nsubj |
| 6 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Show | advcl |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 stands | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 stands | nsubj |
| 9 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 knows | ccomp |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 stands | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show off | imperative | you not said here | it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | know | present | Chloe | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | stand | present | Chloe | now | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Give it, then tell Chloe to go away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 tell | punct |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 tell | advmod |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | conj |
| 6 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 go | mark |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 tell | xcomp |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | it | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | Chloe | then | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent chloe=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 3 | go away not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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