Test 5 · Living in a children's home
Keeley's mate: «why u sad? u got a cake!». Why might she be sad?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: get, be · To what, where: cake
This is test 5 of lesson 520 «Living in a children's 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: Keeley's mate: «why u sad? u got a cake!».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keeley | Keeley | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Keeley | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 got | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 sad | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 sad | punct |
| 6 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 sad | advmod |
| 7 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 sad | nsubj |
| 8 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mate | conj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| 10 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 got | nsubj |
| 11 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cake | det |
| 13 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 got | obj |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 11 got | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 got | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | Keeley's mate | a cake | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cake=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: Why might she be sad?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 sad | advmod |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 sad | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sad | nsubj |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sad | cop |
| 5 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 sad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | might | mate | sad property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
She wanted a bigger cake
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 | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cake | det |
| 4 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 cake | amod |
| 5 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | She | a bigger cake | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cake=Theme |
Option 2
She didn't like the sparklers
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 | 4 like | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 like | advmod |
| 4 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sparklers | det |
| 6 | sparklers | sparkler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 like | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | past · do-support | She | the sparklers | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sparkler=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She wished her mum had called
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 | 2 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mum | nmod:poss |
| 4 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 called | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 called | aux |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 wished | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | She | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | call | past · perfect | her mum | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
She was tired from singing
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 tired | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 tired | cop |
| 3 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 5 singing | mark |
| 5 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 tired | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | tired property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | gerund | She not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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