Test 1 · ★ · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff
«my big sis is SO bossy, she defo hates me». What does Cerys's morning show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: big sis, she, Cerys · What happens: be, hate, do, show · To what, where: me, morning show
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 500 «The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff» 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 big sis is SO bossy, she defo hates me».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 bossy | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 sis | nmod:poss |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sis | amod |
| 4 | sis | sis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bossy | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bossy | cop |
| 6 | SO | so | ADV | _ | 7 bossy | advmod |
| 7 | bossy | bossy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hates | punct |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hates | nsubj |
| 10 | defo | defo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hates | nsubj |
| 11 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bossy | conj |
| 12 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 hates | obj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 hates | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 bossy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | my big sis | bossy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hate in a quote | present | she | me | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |
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 Cerys's morning show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Cerys | Cerys | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 show | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Cerys | case |
| 5 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 show | compound |
| 6 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | Cerys's morning show | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | show | Cerys | nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Bossy and protective often go together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bossy | bossy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 go | advcl |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 protective | cc |
| 3 | protective | protective | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Bossy | conj |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | together | together | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go together | present | often, together property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Sisters who boss you around hate you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hate | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 boss | nsubj |
| 3 | boss | boss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Sisters | acl:relcl |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 boss | obj |
| 5 | around | around | ADV | _ | 6 hate | advmod |
| 6 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 hate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | boss | present | Sisters | you | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | hate | present | Sisters | you | around property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 3
She should stop talking to her sister
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 | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | aux |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stop | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 sister | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 sister | nmod:poss |
| 7 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 talking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | should | She | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | talk | gerund | She not said here | to her sister | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to sister=Co-Agent |
Option 4
Bossy sisters never stick up for you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bossy | bossy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sisters | amod |
| 2 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stick | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 stick | advmod |
| 4 | stick | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 stick | compound:prt |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 stick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stick up | present | Bossy sisters | for you | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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