Test 2 · Blocking, muting and walking away
«I keep reading her comments, I can't stop». What's the quick fix?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, her, quick fix · What happens: keep, read, not stop, comment, be · To what, where: comments
This is test 2 of lesson 481 «Blocking, muting and walking away» 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: «I keep reading her comments, I can't stop».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 keep | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 keep | nsubj |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | reading | read | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keep | xcomp |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 comments | nmod:poss |
| 6 | comments | comment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 reading | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 stop | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 stop | nsubj |
| 9 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 stop | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 stop | advmod |
| 11 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 keep | conj |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 stop | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 keep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep in a quote | present | I | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | read in a quote | gerund | I not said here | her comments | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comment=Topic | ||||
| 3 | not stop in a quote | can | I | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | comment in a quote | her = she | nom comment «communication transitive»: poss=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: What's the quick fix?
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 fix | det |
| 4 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fix | amod |
| 5 | fix | fix | 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 quick fix | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Reply to every comment she writes about you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reply | reply | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 comment | case |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 comment | det |
| 4 | comment | comment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Reply | obl |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 writes | nsubj |
| 6 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 comment | acl:relcl |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 writes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | to every comment | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to comment=Theme | ||||
| 2 | write | present | she | every comment not said here | about you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent comment=Recipient about you=Topic |
Option 2
Read them twice more until it stops hurting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Read | obj |
| 3 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Read | advmod |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Read | advmod |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 stops | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 stops | nsubj |
| 7 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Read | advcl |
| 8 | hurting | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 stops | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | imperative | you not said here | them = they | twice property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | |||
| 2 | stop | present | it | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | hurt | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Block her, you don't have to read it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Block | block | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Block | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 have | punct |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 have | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 have | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 have | advmod |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Block | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 read | mark |
| 9 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 have | xcomp |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 read | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | block | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not have | present · do-support | you | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | read | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 4
Post her comments everywhere so people see
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Post | post | ADP | _ | 3 comments | case |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 comments | nmod:poss |
| 3 | comments | comment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 see | obl |
| 4 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 see | advmod |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 see | advmod |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 see | nsubj |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | people | post her comments; everywhere property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | comment | her = she | nom comment «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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