Test 3 · The new kid and the first day
«they called me Pom, that's well racist». What's more likely?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, that · What happens: call, be · To what, where: me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 465 «The new kid and the first day» 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: «they called me Pom, that's well racist».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 called | nsubj |
| 3 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 called | obj |
| 5 | Pom | Pom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 called | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 racist | punct |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 racist | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 racist | cop |
| 9 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 racist | advmod |
| 10 | racist | racist | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Pom | parataxis |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 racist | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call in a quote | past | they | me | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | that | racist, well property | tree rules |
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's more likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 likely | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It's a type of pudding
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 type | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 type | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 type | det |
| 4 | type | type | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 pudding | case |
| 6 | pudding | pudding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 type | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a type | of pudding | tree rules |
Option 2
It means she's pretty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pretty | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pretty | cop |
| 5 | pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 2 means | ccomp |
| # | 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 | |||||
| 2 | is | present | she | pretty property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's mostly cheeky teasing; tell a teacher if it gets nasty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 teasing | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 teasing | cop |
| 3 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 5 teasing | advmod |
| 4 | cheeky | cheeky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 teasing | amod |
| 5 | teasing | teasing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 tell | punct |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 teasing | parataxis |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 teacher | det |
| 9 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tell | obj |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 gets | mark |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 gets | nsubj |
| 12 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 tell | advcl |
| 13 | nasty | nasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | cheeky teasing | mostly property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | a teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | |||||
| 3 | get a condition, not said to happen | present | teacher | nasty property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
It's always the worst insult there is, so hit back at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 insult | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 insult | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 insult | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 insult | det |
| 5 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 insult | amod |
| 6 | insult | insult | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 8 is | expl |
| 8 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 insult | acl:relcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hit | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 hit | advmod |
| 11 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 insult | parataxis |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 hit | advmod |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 once | case |
| 14 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 11 hit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the worst insult | always property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | present | the worst insult not said here | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hit back | infinitive | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at once=Patient |
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