Test 3 · ★★ · Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did
«Ellie's dad died but she's my enemy so it's not my problem». What did Maddie's card show?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, Ellie, enemy, Maddie · What happens: die, be, not be, do, show · To what, where: enemy, problem, card show
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: «Ellie's dad died but she's my enemy so it's not my problem».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 died | punct |
| 2 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Ellie | case |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 died | nsubj |
| 5 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 enemy | cc |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 enemy | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 enemy | cop |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 enemy | nmod:poss |
| 10 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 died | conj |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 problem | advmod |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 problem | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 problem | cop |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 problem | advmod |
| 15 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 problem | nmod:poss |
| 16 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 died | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 problem | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 died | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die in a quote | past | Ellie's dad | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Ellie | my enemy | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not is a in a quote | present | enemy | my problem | 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: What did Maddie's card show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 show | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Maddie | case |
| 5 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 show | compound |
| 6 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Maddie's card show | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | show | Maddie | nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1
Enemies should be ignored when they are sad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ignored | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 ignored | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ignored | aux:pass |
| 4 | ignored | ignore | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 sad | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sad | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sad | cop |
| 8 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ignored | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | should · passive | Enemies | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Enemies = enemy | sad property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Kindness at a sad time can end a war
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 end | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 time | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 time | det |
| 4 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kindness | nmod |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 end | aux |
| 7 | end | end | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 war | det |
| 9 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 end | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | can | Kindness at a sad time | a war | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality war=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Cards are for best friends only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 friends | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 friends | cop |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 friends | case |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 friends | amod |
| 5 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 friends | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Cards | for best friends | tree rules |
Option 4
Maddie wanted something from Ellie in return
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 wanted | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Ellie | case |
| 5 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 return | case |
| 7 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Maddie | something | Ellie | in return | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot something=Theme |
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