Test 3 · ★★ · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»
«Aaliyah's being dramatic, it's just slime». What's the fair view?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Aaliyah, it, fair view · What happens: be · To what, where: slime
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» 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: «Aaliyah's being dramatic, it's just slime».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 dramatic | punct |
| 2 | Aaliyah | Aaliyah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 dramatic | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Aaliyah | case |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 dramatic | cop |
| 5 | dramatic | dramatic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 slime | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 slime | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 slime | cop |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 slime | advmod |
| 10 | slime | slime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dramatic | parataxis |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 slime | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 dramatic | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | gerund | Aaliyah | dramatic property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | slime | 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's the fair view?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 view | det |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 view | amod |
| 5 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fair view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Her things deserve protecting too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 things | nmod:poss |
| 2 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 deserve | nsubj |
| 3 | deserve | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | protecting | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 deserve | xcomp |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 protecting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deserve | present | Her things | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | protect | gerund | Her things not said here | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
She should give the slime 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 | 3 give | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 give | aux |
| 3 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 slime | det |
| 5 | slime | slime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 give | obj |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give away | should | She | the slime | away property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent slime=Theme |
Option 3
Older kids shouldn't have toys
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 kids | amod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 have | advmod |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | toys | toy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | should | Older kids | toys | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Patient |
Option 4
Slime doesn't count as a thing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slime | slime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 count | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 count | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 count | advmod |
| 4 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 thing | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 count | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | present · do-support | Slime | as a thing | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as thing=Attribute |
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