Test 7 · ★★★ · The friend who only calls when they need something
Bella: «what did u get for 6? quick». What's the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: best reply · What happens: get, be
This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 470 «The friend who only calls when they need something» 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: Bella: «what did u get for 6? quick».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bella | Bella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 get | vocative |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bella | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 get | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 get | obj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 get | aux |
| 6 | u | u | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 6 | case |
| 9 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 get | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 quick | punct |
| 11 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 quick | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past · do-support | for 6; Bella vocative; quick property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent what=Theme for 6=Source |
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 the best reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Whisper the answer quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whisper | whisper | ADP | _ | 3 answer | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 answer | det |
| 3 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 3 answer | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Whisper a wrong answer to trick her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whisper | whisper | ADP | _ | 4 answer | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 answer | det |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 answer | amod |
| 4 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 trick | mark |
| 6 | trick | trick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 answer | acl |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 trick | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | to-infinitive | her = she | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Shout it across the class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Shout | obj |
| 3 | across | across | ADP | _ | 5 class | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 class | det |
| 5 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shout | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | it | the class | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
«Sorry, can't, do your own»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 do | punct |
| 2 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 4 ca | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ca | punct |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 ca | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 do | punct |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 own | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 do | obj |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | can | your own | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent own=Eventuality |
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