Test 10 · ★ · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff
«Aziza's 17, she's basically an adult, she'll be fine». What does the lesson say?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Aziza, lesson · What happens: be, say · To what, where: adult · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ 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: «Aziza's 17, she's basically an adult, she'll be fine».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 17 | punct |
| 2 | Aziza | Aziza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 17 | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Aziza | case |
| 4 | 17 | 17 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 adult | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 adult | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 adult | cop |
| 8 | basically | basically | ADV | _ | 10 adult | advmod |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 adult | det |
| 10 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 17 | parataxis |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 fine | punct |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 fine | nsubj |
| 13 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 fine | aux |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 fine | cop |
| 15 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 adult | parataxis |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 fine | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 17 | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Aziza | a adult | basically property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | future | Aziza | fine 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
Teenagers don't cry about family things
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teenagers | teenager | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cry | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cry | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 cry | advmod |
| 4 | cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 things | case |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 things | compound |
| 7 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cry speech: express | present · do-support | Teenagers | about family things | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about thing=Topic |
Option 2
17-year-olds never feel sad or tired
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | 17 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 year | nummod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 17 | punct |
| 3 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 olds | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 year | punct |
| 5 | olds | old | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 feel | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 feel | advmod |
| 7 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feel | xcomp |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 tired | cc |
| 10 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sad | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not feel | present | year olds | sad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Aziza should do even more jobs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aziza | Aziza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 do | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 do | aux |
| 3 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 more | advmod |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 jobs | amod |
| 6 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Aziza | more jobs | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A teen doing a parent's jobs needs help too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 teen | det |
| 2 | teen | teen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 needs | nsubj |
| 3 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 teen | acl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 parent | det |
| 5 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jobs | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 parent | case |
| 7 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 doing | obj |
| 8 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 needs | obj |
| 10 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 needs | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | gerund | a teen not said here | a parent's jobs | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | need | present | a teen | help | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme | ||||
| 3 | job | a parent | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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