Test 5 · ★ · Joining a game, and the shy kid
In a cartoon, the shy kid gets dragged on stage and becomes a star in one minute. What helps shy kids more in real life?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: drag, become, help · To what, where: shy kid, cartoon, star, shy kids
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 466 «Joining a game, and the shy kid» 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: In a cartoon, the shy kid gets dragged on stage and becomes a star in one minute.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dragged | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kid | det |
| 6 | shy | shy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kid | amod |
| 7 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dragged | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 dragged | aux:pass |
| 9 | dragged | drag | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 stage | case |
| 11 | stage | stage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dragged | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 becomes | cc |
| 13 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 dragged | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 star | det |
| 15 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 becomes | xcomp |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 minute | case |
| 17 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 minute | nummod |
| 18 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 star | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 dragged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag | present · passive | the shy kid | a cartoon | on stage | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | become | present | a star in one minute | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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 helps shy kids more in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | shy | shy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kids | amod |
| 4 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 helps | obj |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 helps | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 life | amod |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 more | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | shy kids | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1
Being told «just stop being shy»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 told | aux:pass |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 stop | punct |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 stop | advmod |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 told | ccomp |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 shy | cop |
| 7 | shy | shy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stop | xcomp |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 stop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund · passive | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | stop in a quote | infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | is in a quote | gerund | shy property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Quiet company and a small, friendly step
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 company | amod |
| 2 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 step | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 step | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 step | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 small | punct |
| 7 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 step | amod |
| 8 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 company | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Being laughed at until they speak
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 laughed | aux:pass |
| 2 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 2 laughed | obl |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 6 speak | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 speak | nsubj |
| 6 | speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 laughed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | gerund · passive | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V» | ||||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | present | they | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Being shoved into the spotlight as soon as possible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 shoved | aux:pass |
| 2 | shoved | shove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 spotlight | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 spotlight | det |
| 5 | spotlight | spotlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shoved | obl |
| 6 | as | as | ADV | _ | 7 soon | advmod |
| 7 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 shoved | advmod |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 possible | mark |
| 9 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 soon | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shove | gerund · passive | the spotlight | soon property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: into spotlight=Trajectory |
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