Test 8 · ★ · Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper
«the bus driver asked if I'm alright, cringe». Why does it matter?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bus driver, I · What happens: ask, be, matter · To what, where: cringe
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 483 «Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper» 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: «the bus driver asked if I'm alright, cringe».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 asked | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 driver | det |
| 3 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 driver | compound |
| 4 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asked | nsubj |
| 5 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 alright | mark |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 alright | nsubj |
| 8 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 alright | cop |
| 9 | alright | alright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 asked | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 cringe | punct |
| 11 | cringe | cringe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 alright | vocative |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 asked | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask in a quote | past | the bus driver | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | I | cringe vocative; alright property | tree rules |
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: Why does it matter?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 matter | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 matter | expl |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 matter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present · do-support | cringe | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He wants Jake off his bus
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 bus | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bus | nmod:poss |
| 6 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | Jake | off Jake's bus | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot jake=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Small friendly words help on a bad day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 words | amod |
| 2 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 words | amod |
| 3 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 help | nsubj |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 7 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 day | amod |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 help | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | Small friendly words | day | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
He's just being nosy about Jake's life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 nosy | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 nosy | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 nosy | advmod |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 nosy | cop |
| 5 | nosy | nosy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 life | case |
| 7 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 life | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Jake | case |
| 9 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nosy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | about Jake's life; nosy property | tree rules |
Option 4
It doesn't matter at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 matter | advmod |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 matter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | It | all | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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