Test 7 · ★ · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff
In a cartoon, the big sister posts embarrassing photos of her little sister and everyone laughs, the end. What's missing?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big sister posts, everyone · What happens: photo, laugh, be
This is test 7 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, the big sister posts embarrassing photos of her little sister and everyone laughs, the end.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 photos | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 posts | det |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 posts | amod |
| 7 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 posts | compound |
| 8 | posts | post | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 photos | nsubj |
| 9 | embarrassing | embarrassing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 photos | amod |
| 10 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cartoon | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 sister | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 sister | nmod:poss |
| 13 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 sister | amod |
| 14 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 photos | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 laughs | cc |
| 16 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 17 laughs | nsubj |
| 17 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 photos | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 end | punct |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 end | det |
| 20 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cartoon | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | photo | the big sister posts | of her little sister | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | laugh | present | everyone | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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's missing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 missing | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 missing | cop |
| 3 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 missing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | missing property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
She should have asked first, and it hurt
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 | 4 asked | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 asked | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asked | aux |
| 4 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 asked | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hurt | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 hurt | cc |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hurt | nsubj |
| 9 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 asked | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | should · perfect | She | first property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | hurt | past | it | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The little sister should post one back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sister | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sister | amod |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 post | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 post | aux |
| 5 | post | post | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 post | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 post | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | post back | should | the little sister | one | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
Option 3
Nothing; posting photos is always fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | posting | post | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Nothing | acl |
| 4 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 posting | obj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fine | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 fine | advmod |
| 7 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | post | gerund | photos | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Nothing | always, fine property | tree rules |
Option 4
Makeup photos can't upset anybody
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Makeup | makeup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 photos | compound |
| 2 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 anybody | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 anybody | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 upset | advmod |
| 5 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 anybody | amod |
| 6 | anybody | anybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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