Test 8 · ★ · Sleepovers and inside jokes
Jake: «mum's being well unfair, i'm not saying sorry». What would most likely get the sleepover back?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, i · What happens: be, not say, get back · To what, where: sleepover · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Jake: «mum's being well unfair, i'm not saying sorry».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jake | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jake | punct |
| 4 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 unfair | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 unfair | cop |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 unfair | cop |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 unfair | advmod |
| 8 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 saying | punct |
| 10 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 saying | nsubj |
| 11 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 saying | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 saying | advmod |
| 13 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 unfair | parataxis |
| 14 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 saying | xcomp |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 saying | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 unfair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Jake's mum | unfair, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not say speech: apologize in a quote | present · progressive | i | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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 most likely get the sleepover back?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 get | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sleepover | det |
| 7 | sleepover | sleepover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | would | the sleepover | likely property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary sleepover=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Sleeping at a friend's anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 friend | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 friend | det |
| 4 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sleeping | obl |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 friend | case |
| 6 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 1 Sleeping | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | gerund | at a friend; anyway property | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Sulking harder until Mum gives in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sulking | sulk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 gives | csubj |
| 2 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Sulking | xcomp |
| 3 | until | until | ADP | _ | 4 Mum | case |
| 4 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sulking | obl |
| 5 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 gives | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sulk | gerund | until Mum | hard property | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | give in | present | Sulking | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Saying sorry to his teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Saying | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 teacher | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 5 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Saying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | sorry | his teacher | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic to teacher=Recipient |
Option 4
Asking his dad behind her back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Asking | obj |
| 4 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 6 back | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 back | nmod:poss |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Asking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | his dad | her back | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient |
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