Test 2 · The only child: a quiet house
«my lil sis made up a friend called Bobo, is she weird??». What does the lesson say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lil sis, lesson · What happens: make up, call, be, say · To what, where: lil sis, friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 498 «The only child: a quiet house» 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: «my lil sis made up a friend called Bobo, is she weird??».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 weird | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 sis | nmod:poss |
| 3 | lil | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sis | amod |
| 4 | sis | sis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 weird | nsubj |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 sis | acl |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 made | compound:prt |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 friend | det |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obl:agent |
| 9 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 friend | acl |
| 10 | Bobo | Bobo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 called | xcomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sis | punct |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 weird | cop |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 weird | nsubj |
| 14 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 15 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 14 weird | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 weird | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 weird | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up in a quote | participle | my lil sis not said here | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | call in a quote | participle | a friend not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | my lil sis | weird 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: What does the lesson say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | the lesson | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only babies ever have imaginary friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 babies | advmod |
| 2 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 have | advmod |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | imaginary | imaginary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 friends | amod |
| 6 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | babies | imaginary friends | ever | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Imaginary friends are common and healthy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imaginary | imaginary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 friends | amod |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 common | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 common | cop |
| 4 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 healthy | cc |
| 6 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 common | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Imaginary friends | common property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Imaginary friends not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
It means she's lonely and sad for ever
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 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 lonely | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lonely | cop |
| 5 | lonely | lonely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sad | cc |
| 7 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lonely | conj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 ever | case |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 lonely | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | she | lonely property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | she not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
She needs to see a doctor straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 see | mark |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 needs | xcomp |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 doctor | det |
| 6 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| 7 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 8 away | advmod |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | She | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | a doctor | away property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer doctor=Stimulus |
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