Test 3 · ★★★ · Friends who get it
«Shay's in a home, so it's too much hassle to invite him». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Shay, it · What happens: be, invite · To what, where: home, much hassle, Shay
This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: «Shay's in a home, so it's too much hassle to invite him».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 home | punct |
| 2 | Shay | Shay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 home | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 home | cop |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 home | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 home | det |
| 6 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 hassle | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 hassle | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 hassle | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 hassle | cop |
| 11 | too | too | ADV | _ | 12 much | advmod |
| 12 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 hassle | amod |
| 13 | hassle | hassle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 home | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 invite | mark |
| 15 | invite | invite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 hassle | acl |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 invite | obj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 invite | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 home | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Shay | a home and much hassle | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | much hassle | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | invite in a quote | to-infinitive | Shay not said here | Shay | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A form is a small thing; just invite him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 form | det |
| 2 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 thing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 thing | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 thing | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 thing | amod |
| 6 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 invite | punct |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 invite | advmod |
| 9 | invite | invite | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 thing | parataxis |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 invite | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a form | a small thing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | invite | infinitive | him = he | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
Option 2
It's kinder not to invite kids in care
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 kinder | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kinder | cop |
| 3 | kinder | kind | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 invite | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 invite | mark |
| 6 | invite | invite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 kinder | csubj |
| 7 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 invite | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 care | case |
| 9 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 invite | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | kind property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not invite | to-infinitive | kids | care | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient |
Option 3
Only kids in care can invite kids in care
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 kids | advmod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 invite | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 care | case |
| 4 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kids | nmod |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 invite | aux |
| 6 | invite | invite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 invite | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 care | case |
| 9 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 invite | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invite | can | kids in care | kids | care | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient |
Option 4
Kids in care are never allowed at parties
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 care | case |
| 3 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kids | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 allowed | advmod |
| 6 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 parties | case |
| 8 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Kids in care | parties | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
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