Test 4 · ★★★ · Half- and step-siblings
«Trey ignores Malachi at school so he must hate him». What's a fairer view?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Trey, fairer view · What happens: ignore, hate, be · To what, where: Malachi, school
This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 505 «Half- and step-siblings» 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: «Trey ignores Malachi at school so he must hate him».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 ignores | punct |
| 2 | Trey | trey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ignores | nsubj |
| 3 | ignores | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Malachi | Malachi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ignores | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 school | case |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ignores | obl |
| 7 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 10 hate | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hate | nsubj |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 hate | aux |
| 10 | hate | hate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ignores | advcl |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hate | obj |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 hate | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ignores | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore in a quote | present | Trey | Malachi | school | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent malachi=Theme | |||
| 2 | hate in a quote | must | Trey | Malachi | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=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's a fairer 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 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 view | det |
| 4 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 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 | a fairer view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Malachi should start ignoring everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malachi | Malachi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 start | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 start | aux |
| 3 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ignoring | ignore | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 start | xcomp |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 ignoring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | should | Malachi | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | ignore | gerund | Malachi not said here | everyone | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme |
Option 2
Trey doesn't know Malachi goes there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trey | trey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 know | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 know | advmod |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | Malachi | Malachi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 goes | nsubj |
| 6 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | ccomp |
| 7 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 goes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | Trey | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | go | present | Malachi | there | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
School and home can be different worlds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | School | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 worlds | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 home | cc |
| 3 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 School | conj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 worlds | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 worlds | cop |
| 6 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 worlds | amod |
| 7 | worlds | world | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | can | School and home | different worlds | tree rules |
Option 4
Trey definitely hates him and always will
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trey | trey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hates | nsubj |
| 2 | definitely | definitely | ADV | _ | 3 hates | advmod |
| 3 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hates | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 will | cc |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 will | advmod |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 hates | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | Trey | him = he | definitely property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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