Test 1 · ★★★ · Friends who get it
«if ur mate's sad about their family, u gotta say something really clever to fix it». Right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u · What happens: say, fix · To what, where: something, family · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 525 «Friends who get it» 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: «if ur mate's sad about their family, u gotta say something really clever to fix it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 sad | punct |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 sad | mark |
| 3 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mate | nmod:poss |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sad | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 mate | case |
| 6 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 family | case |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 family | nmod:poss |
| 9 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sad | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 say | punct |
| 11 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 say | nsubj |
| 12 | gotta | gotta | ADV | _ | 13 say | advmod |
| 13 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sad | parataxis |
| 14 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 13 say | obj |
| 15 | really | really | ADV | _ | 16 clever | advmod |
| 16 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 something | amod |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 fix | mark |
| 18 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 clever | advcl |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 fix | obj |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 sad | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 sad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | u | something | gotta property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic | |||
| 2 | fix in a quote | to-infinitive | u not said here | family | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, or you're not a real friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 friend | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 friend | punct |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 friend | cc |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 friend | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 friend | cop |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 friend | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 friend | det |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 friend | amod |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | you | a real friend | tree rules |
Option 2
No, you should leave them alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 leave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 leave | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 leave | aux |
| 5 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 leave | obj |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | should | you | them = they | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, you must find the perfect words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 find | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 find | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 find | aux |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 words | det |
| 7 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 words | amod |
| 8 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | must | you | the perfect words | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, just being there helps most
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 there | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 there | advmod |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 there | cop |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 6 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 there | cop |
| 7 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 there | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | most obl; there property | tree rules |
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