Test 10 · Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else
In a TV show, a girl left out of a party throws a bigger party for revenge. What's wiser in real life?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: leave out, throw, be · To what, where: party, bigger party, TV show, real life
This is test 10 of lesson 478 «Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else» 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 TV show, a girl left out of a party throws a bigger party for revenge.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 show | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 show | det |
| 3 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 show | compound |
| 4 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 throws | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 girl | det |
| 7 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 throws | nsubj |
| 8 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 girl | acl |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 party | case |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 party | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 party | det |
| 12 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 left | obl |
| 13 | throws | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 party | det |
| 15 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 party | amod |
| 16 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 throws | obj |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 revenge | case |
| 18 | revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 throws | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 throws | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave out | participle | a girl not said here | a party | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Theme | ||||
| 2 | throw | present | a girl | a bigger party | a TV show | for revenge | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent party=Theme in show=Destination |
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 wiser in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wiser | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wiser | cop |
| 3 | wiser | wise | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wiser | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wiser | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real life | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Never go to a party again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 go | advmod |
| 2 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 party | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 party | det |
| 5 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 go | obl |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | imperative | you not said here | a party | again | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Ruin the other party
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruin | ruin | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 party | det |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 party | amod |
| 4 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ruin | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ruin | imperative | you not said here | the other party | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient |
Option 3
Plan an even bigger party so they all feel left out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plan | plan | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 party | det |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 4 bigger | advmod |
| 4 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 party | amod |
| 5 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Plan | obj |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 feel | advmod |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 feel | nsubj |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 feel | advmod |
| 9 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Plan | advcl |
| 10 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 feel | xcomp |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 left | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | imperative | you not said here | a bigger party | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Topic | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | they | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | leave out | participle | they not said here | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Spend time with people who are glad to see you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spend | spend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Spend | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 people | case |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Spend | obl |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 glad | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 glad | cop |
| 7 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | acl:relcl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 see | mark |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 glad | xcomp |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | imperative | you not said here | time | with people | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | is | present | people | glad property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see | to-infinitive | people not said here | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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