Test 4 · ★ · A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left…
«My cousin reckons deaf people can't talk to anyone». Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, deaf people, that · What happens: reckon, not talk, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 506 «A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left home» 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 cousin reckons deaf people can't talk to anyone».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckons | punct |
| 2 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reckons | nsubj |
| 4 | reckons | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | deaf | deaf | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 people | amod |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 talk | nsubj |
| 7 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 talk | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 talk | advmod |
| 9 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 reckons | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 anyone | case |
| 11 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 talk | obl |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckons | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckons | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon in a quote | present | My cousin | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not talk in a quote | can | deaf people | to anyone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-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: Is that right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, they can all hear fine if you speak slowly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 hear | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hear | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 hear | aux |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 hear | advmod |
| 6 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hear | obj |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 speak | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 speak | nsubj |
| 10 | speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 hear | advcl |
| 11 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 10 speak | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | can | they | fine | all property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer fine=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | speak speech: other a condition, not said to happen | present | you | slowly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, unless you shout really loudly in their ear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 shout | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 shout | punct |
| 3 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 5 shout | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 shout | nsubj |
| 5 | shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 loudly | advmod |
| 7 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 5 shout | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 ear | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 ear | nmod:poss |
| 10 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shout | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | you | their ear | loudly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, many use sign language and anyone can learn some
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 use | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 use | punct |
| 3 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 use | nsubj |
| 4 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 language | compound |
| 6 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 use | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 learn | cc |
| 8 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 learn | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 learn | aux |
| 10 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 use | conj |
| 11 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 learn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | many | sign language | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Patient | ||||
| 2 | learn | can | anyone | some | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Topic |
Option 4
Yes, deaf people can't talk with anyone at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 deaf | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | deaf | deaf | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 talk | nsubj |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 talk | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 talk | advmod |
| 7 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 anyone | case |
| 9 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 talk | obl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 all | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not talk | can | deaf people | all | with anyone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with anyone=Co-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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