Test 11 · ★★ · Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did
«Dean still calls me Sam-wise, so we can't be friends». Why is it different now?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dean, we, it · What happens: call, not be, be · To what, where: me, friends · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 484 «Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did» 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: «Dean still calls me Sam-wise, so we can't be friends».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 calls | punct |
| 2 | Dean | Dean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 calls | nsubj |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 calls | advmod |
| 4 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 calls | obj |
| 6 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 wise | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 Sam | punct |
| 8 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 calls | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 friends | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 friends | advmod |
| 11 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 friends | nsubj |
| 12 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 friends | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 friends | advmod |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 friends | cop |
| 15 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 calls | xcomp |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 friends | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call in a quote | present | Dean | me | still | wise property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | ||
| 2 | not is a in a quote | can | we | friends | 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 is it different now?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 different | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 different | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 different | nsubj |
| 4 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 different | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 different | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | now | different property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nicknames mean you're enemies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicknames | nickname | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 enemies | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 enemies | cop |
| 5 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 mean | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Nicknames | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | you | enemies | tree rules |
Option 2
Sam should report him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 report | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 report | aux |
| 3 | report | report | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 report | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report | should | Sam | him = he | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 3
He's still bullying him
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 | 4 bullying | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bullying | aux |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 bullying | advmod |
| 4 | bullying | bully | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bullying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bully | present · progressive | He | him = he | still | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It sounds friendly now, not mean
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 | 2 sounds | nsubj |
| 2 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sounds | xcomp |
| 4 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 sounds | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 mean | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 mean | advmod |
| 7 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sounds | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | It | now | friendly property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | not mean | infinitive | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
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