Test 3 · ★ · Rival teams and the older bully
Mia's dad says «just ignore her, sweetheart». A month later it's worse. What now?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, sweetheart · What happens: say, ignore, be · To what, where: Mia · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 472 «Rival teams and the older bully» 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: Mia's dad says «just ignore her, sweetheart».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mia | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 ignore | punct |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 ignore | advmod |
| 7 | ignore | ignore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ignore | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sweetheart | punct |
| 10 | sweetheart | sweetheart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ignore | vocative |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 ignore | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mia's dad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | ignore in a quote | infinitive | Mia | sweetheart vocative | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
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 month later it's worse.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 month | det |
| 2 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 later | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 worse | advmod |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 worse | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 worse | cop |
| 6 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 worse | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | sweetheart | bad, late property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What now?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 What | advmod |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Flick the girl's hair back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flick | flick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 girl | det |
| 3 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hair | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 girl | case |
| 5 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Flick | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Flick | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flick | imperative | you not said here | the girl's hair | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |
Option 2
Keep ignoring her for another year till she gets bored
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | ignoring | ignore | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 ignoring | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 year | case |
| 5 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 year | det |
| 6 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ignoring | obl |
| 7 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 9 gets | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| 10 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | ignore | gerund | you not said here | her = she | year | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | |||
| 3 | get | present | she | bored property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Stop going to school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Stop | xcomp |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 school | case |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 going | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | go | gerund | you not said here | school | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell someone in charge, like the bus driver
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Tell | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 charge | case |
| 4 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 driver | punct |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 driver | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 driver | det |
| 8 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 driver | compound |
| 9 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | someone | charge | like the bus driver | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient |
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