Test 7 · ★ · A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left…
Aidan's mates keep saying «she's faking, no cap» about his sister. What would most likely happen if they kept on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mates, Aidan · What happens: keep, say, fake, happen, keep on · To what, where: cap · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Aidan's mates keep saying «she's faking, no cap» about his sister.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aidan | Aidan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mates | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Aidan | case |
| 3 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 keep | nsubj |
| 4 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 keep | xcomp |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 faking | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 faking | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 faking | aux |
| 9 | faking | fake | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 saying | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 cap | punct |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 cap | det |
| 12 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 faking | obl |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 cap | punct |
| 14 | about | about | ADP | _ | 16 sister | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 sister | nmod:poss |
| 16 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 cap | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 keep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | Aidan's mates | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | Aidan's mates not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | fake in a quote | present · progressive | Aidan | no cap about his sister | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: 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 would most likely happen if they kept on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 happen | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 happen | advmod |
| 5 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 kept | mark |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 kept | nsubj |
| 8 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 happen | advcl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 kept | compound:prt |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | likely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep on a condition, not said to happen | past | mates = mate | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Her panic attacks would stop for good
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 | 3 attacks | nmod:poss |
| 2 | panic | panic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 attacks | compound |
| 3 | attacks | attack | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stop | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stop | aux |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 good | case |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | would | Her panic attacks | for good | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | attack | Her = she | nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
She'd thank them for being so honest
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 thank | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 thank | aux |
| 3 | thank | thank | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 thank | obj |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 honest | mark |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 honest | cop |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 honest | advmod |
| 8 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 thank | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank | would | She | them = they | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | She not said here | honest property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
She'd feel worse and more alone
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 feel | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 feel | aux |
| 3 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 feel | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 alone | cc |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 alone | advmod |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 worse | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | would | She | bad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Nothing, words don't matter to anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 words | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 matter | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 matter | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 matter | advmod |
| 6 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 anyone | case |
| 8 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 matter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | Nothing words | to anyone | vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to anyone=Experiencer |
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