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Test 7 · ★★ · Siblings as best mates and as rivals

A lad at school: «Dilly's tiny, she's all mouth, she couldn't fight a cushion». Pete would rather sort his own problems. What's a kind move for Pete?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dilly, Pete, kind move · What happens: be, not fight, sort · To what, where: mouth, cushion, own problems

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 507 «Siblings as best mates and as rivals» 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: A lad at school: «Dilly's tiny, she's all mouth, she couldn't fight a cushion».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lad	det
2	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lad	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 tiny	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 tiny	punct
7	Dilly	Dilly	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 tiny	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Dilly	case
9	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lad	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mouth	punct
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 mouth	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 mouth	cop
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 mouth	det
14	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tiny	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 fight	punct
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 fight	nsubj
17	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 fight	aux
18	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 fight	advmod
19	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tiny	conj
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 cushion	det
21	cushion	cushion	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fight	obj
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 tiny	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Dilly	all mouth					tree rules
2	not fight in a quote	could	Dilly	a cushion					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cushion=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: Pete would rather sort his own problems.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pete	Pete	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sort	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sort	aux
3	rather	rather	ADV	_	4 sort	advmod
4	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 problems	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 problems	amod
7	problems	problem	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sort	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sort	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort	would	Pete	Pete's own problems					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Theme

Sentence 3: What's a kind move for Pete?

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 move	det
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 move	amod
5	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 Pete	case
7	Pete	Pete	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 move	nmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a kind move for Pete						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Thank Dilly and say he'd rather sort it himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Dilly	Dilly	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Thank	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 say	cc
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Thank	conj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sort	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 sort	aux
7	rather	rather	ADV	_	8 sort	advmod
8	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sort	obj
10	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 sort	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	present			Dilly				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dilly=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	sort	would	Dilly	it				Dilly obl	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Tell Dilly she's embarrassing and to go away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Dilly	Dilly	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 embarrassing	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 embarrassing	cop
5	embarrassing	embarrassing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 go	cc
7	to	to	PART	_	8 go	mark
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		Dilly				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dilly=Recipient
2	is	present	Dilly					embarrassing property	tree rules
3	go away	to-infinitive	you not said here					away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Laugh along with the lad about how small she is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	along	along	ADV	_	1 Laugh	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 lad	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lad	det
5	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Laugh	obl
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 small	case
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 small	advmod
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lad	nmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 is	nsubj
10	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lad	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here					with the lad about small; along property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	be	present	she	the lad about small not said here					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot lad=Theme

Option 4

Never speak to Dilly at school again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 speak	advmod
2	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Dilly	case
4	Dilly	Dilly	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 speak	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 school	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 speak	obl
7	again	again	ADV	_	2 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here		Dilly	school	again		vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to dilly=Co-Agent

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