Test 6 · Blocking, muting and walking away Someone types a nasty comment about a player's skin colour. «It's not my business». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Someone, comment · What happens: type, not be, be · To what, where: nasty comment, business
This is test 6 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: Someone types a nasty comment about a player's skin colour.
nsubj det amod obj case det nmod:poss case compound nmod punct root Someone PRON types VERB a DET nasty ADJ comment NOUN about ADP a DET player NOUN 's PART skin NOUN colour NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 types nsubj 2 types type VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 comment det 4 nasty nasty ADJ Degree=Pos 5 comment amod 5 comment comment NOUN Number=Sing 2 types obj 6 about about ADP _ 11 colour case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 player det 8 player player NOUN Number=Sing 11 colour nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 player case 10 skin skin NOUN Number=Sing 11 colour compound 11 colour colour NOUN Number=Sing 5 comment nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 types punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 type present Someone a nasty comment about a player's skin colour vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent comment=Theme about colour=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: «It's not my business».
punct nsubj cop advmod nmod:poss punct punct root « PUNCT It PRON 's AUX not PART my PRON business NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 6 business punct 2 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 business nsubj 3 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 business cop 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 business advmod 5 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 business nmod:poss 6 business business NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 » » PUNCT _ 6 business punct 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 business punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is a in a quote present comment my business tree rules
Sentence 3: Is it?
nsubj punct root Is VERB it PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Is nsubj 3 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 Is punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 be present comment vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Yes, ignoring hate always makes it stop by itself
discourse punct csubj obj advmod obj xcomp case obl root Yes INTJ , PUNCT ignoring VERB hate NOUN always ADV makes VERB it PRON stop VERB by ADP itself PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 3 ignoring discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 ignoring ignore VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 makes csubj 4 hate hate NOUN Number=Sing 3 ignoring obj 5 always always ADV PronType=Tot 6 makes advmod 6 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 makes obj 8 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 makes xcomp 9 by by ADP _ 10 itself case 10 itself itself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 8 stop obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ignore gerund hate vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hate=Theme 2 make present ignoring hate always property tree rules 3 stop infinitive hate not said here by hate vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Option 2 No, only grown-ups are allowed to report
discourse punct advmod amod punct nsubj:pass aux:pass mark xcomp root No INTJ , PUNCT only ADV grown VERB - PUNCT ups NOUN are AUX allowed VERB to PART report VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 8 allowed discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 only only ADV _ 6 ups advmod 4 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 ups amod 5 - - PUNCT _ 4 grown punct 6 ups up NOUN Number=Plur 8 allowed nsubj:pass 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 allowed aux:pass 8 allowed allow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 9 to to PART _ 10 report mark 10 report report VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 allowed xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow participle vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 allow present · passive grown ups vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality 3 report not said to happen to-infinitive grown ups not said here vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Report it, it takes ten seconds and helps
obj punct nsubj parataxis nummod obj cc conj root Report VERB it PRON , PUNCT it PRON takes VERB ten NUM seconds NOUN and CCONJ helps VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Report report VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Report obj 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 takes punct 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 takes nsubj 5 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Report parataxis 6 ten ten NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 seconds nummod 7 seconds second NOUN Number=Plur 5 takes obj 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 helps cc 9 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 takes conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 report imperative you not said here it vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient 2 take present it second vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 help present vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Join in so you aren't next
compound:prt advmod nsubj cop advmod advcl root Join VERB in ADP so ADV you PRON are AUX n't PART next ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Join join VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 in in ADP _ 1 Join compound:prt 3 so so ADV _ 7 next advmod 4 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 next nsubj 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 next cop 6 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 7 next advmod 7 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Join advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 join in imperative you not said here vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient 2 not is present you next property tree rules
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