Test 3 · Three's a crowd, and the friend who picks someone else
«Ava didn't pick me so she must hate me». Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ava, that · What happens: not pick, hate, be · To what, where: me
This is test 3 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: «Ava didn't pick me so she must hate me».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 pick | punct |
| 2 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 pick | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 pick | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 pick | advmod |
| 5 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 pick | obj |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 hate | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hate | nsubj |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 hate | aux |
| 10 | hate | hate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 pick | conj |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 hate | obj |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 hate | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not pick in a quote | past · do-support | Ava | me | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | ||||
| 2 | hate in a quote | must | Ava | me | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |
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: Is that right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 right | nsubj |
| 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 | that | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, Ava is just scared of Mia
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 scared | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 scared | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 scared | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 scared | advmod |
| 6 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Mia | case |
| 8 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 scared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ava | of Mia; scared property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, best friends must always pick you first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 pick | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 friends | amod |
| 4 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 pick | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 pick | aux |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 pick | advmod |
| 7 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 pick | obj |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 pick | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | must | best friends | you | always, first property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, being picked shows who likes you most
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 picked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 picked | aux:pass |
| 4 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 shows | csubj |
| 5 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 likes | nsubj |
| 7 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shows | ccomp |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 likes | obj |
| 9 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 likes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | gerund · passive | vn chew-39.2 «NP V» | ||||||
| 2 | show | present | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | like | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, not being picked once isn't being disliked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 picked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 picked | punct |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 picked | advmod |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 picked | aux:pass |
| 5 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 disliked | advcl |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 picked | advmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 disliked | aux:pass |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 disliked | advmod |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 disliked | aux:pass |
| 10 | disliked | dislike | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not pick | gerund · passive | once property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V» | |||||
| 2 | not dislike | present · passive | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF» |
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