Test 4 · ★ · Sleepovers and inside jokes
Someone copies your secret handshake at Sports Day. Should you be furious?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Someone, you · What happens: copy, be · To what, where: secret handshake
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 462 «Sleepovers and inside jokes» 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: Someone copies your secret handshake at Sports Day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 copies | nsubj |
| 2 | copies | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 handshake | nmod:poss |
| 4 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 handshake | amod |
| 5 | handshake | handshake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 copies | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 Day | case |
| 7 | Sports | Sports | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Day | compound |
| 8 | Day | Day | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 copies | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 copies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | present | Someone | your secret handshake | at Sports Day | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent handshake=Theme at day=Destination |
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: Should you be furious?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 furious | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 furious | nsubj |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 furious | cop |
| 4 | furious | furious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 furious | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | should | you | furious property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, report them to the head
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 report | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | report | report | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 report | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 head | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 head | det |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 report | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report | imperative | you not said here | them = they | the head | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Topic to head=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it means you made something cool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 made | nsubj |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | ccomp |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 made | obj |
| 8 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 something | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make | past | you | something | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Product |
Option 3
No, but stop being friends with your mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 stop | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stop | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 stop | cc |
| 4 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 friends | cop |
| 6 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stop | xcomp |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 mate | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mate | nmod:poss |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | with your mate | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with mate=Location | |||||
| 2 | is a | gerund | friends | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, invent a new handshake every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 invent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | invent | invent | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 handshake | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 handshake | amod |
| 6 | handshake | handshake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 invent | obj |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 invent | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | imperative | you not said here | a new handshake | day | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handshake=Result |
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