Test 7 · ★ · The kid who has it in for you
Dean's crying with his wrist bent. A kid says, «leave him, he's a proper mardy bully». («mardy» means moody and sulky.) What's right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dean, wrist, kid, mardy · What happens: cry, bend, say, leave, be, mean · To what, where: kid, proper mardy bully · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 471 «The kid who has it in for you» 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: Dean's crying with his wrist bent.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dean | Dean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 crying | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 crying | aux |
| 3 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 7 bent | mark |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 wrist | nmod:poss |
| 6 | wrist | wrist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bent | nsubj |
| 7 | bent | bend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 crying | advcl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 crying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | present · progressive | Dean | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | bend | past | Dean's wrist | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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: A kid says, «leave him, he's a proper mardy bully».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 leave | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 leave | punct |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 leave | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 bully | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 bully | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 bully | cop |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 bully | det |
| 12 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 bully | amod |
| 13 | mardy | mardy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 bully | amod |
| 14 | bully | bully | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 bully | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | infinitive | kid | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | kid | a proper mardy bully | tree rules |
Sentence 3: («mardy» means moody and sulky.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 mardy | punct |
| 3 | mardy | mardy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 mardy | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | moody | moody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sulky | cc |
| 8 | sulky | sulky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 moody | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | mardy | moody property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 4: What's right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Push him over again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Push | push | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Push | obj |
| 3 | over | over | ADP | _ | 1 Push | compound:prt |
| 4 | again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Push | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push over | imperative | you not said here | him = he | again | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2
Leave him, he deserves it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 deserves | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 deserves | nsubj |
| 5 | deserves | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | parataxis |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 deserves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | deserve | present | he | it | tree rules |
Option 3
Film it for a laugh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Film | nsubj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 laugh | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 laugh | det |
| 5 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Film | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Help him or get a grown-up anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Help | obj |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 get | cc |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Help | conj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 grown | det |
| 6 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 get | obj |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 up | punct |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 grown | compound:prt |
| 9 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | you not said here | anyway property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | grow up | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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