Test 1 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly
Mia and Josh in Austin both grab the last red crayon. What would be the best first thing to do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia · What happens: grab, be, do · To what, where: last red crayon, best first thing
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 54 «Solving disagreements calmly» 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: Mia and Josh in Austin both grab the last red crayon.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 grab | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Josh | cc |
| 3 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mia | conj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Austin | case |
| 5 | Austin | Austin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Josh | nmod |
| 6 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Mia | conj |
| 7 | grab | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 crayon | det |
| 9 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 crayon | amod |
| 10 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 crayon | amod |
| 11 | crayon | crayon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 grab | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 grab | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | present | Mia and Josh in Austin | the last red crayon | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crayon=Theme |
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 be the best first thing to do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 thing | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 thing | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 thing | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 thing | amod |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 thing | amod |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 do | mark |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 thing | acl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 thing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | would | the best first thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Pull harder and harder until one of them wins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Pull | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 harder | cc |
| 4 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 harder | conj |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 9 wins | mark |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 wins | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 one | nmod |
| 9 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pull | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | imperative | you not said here | hard property | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | win | present | one of them | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Let go, calm down and talk about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 calm | punct |
| 4 | calm | calm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 calm | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 talk | cc |
| 7 | talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | conj |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | calm down | infinitive | you not said here | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | talk | infinitive | you not said here | about it | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
Option 3
Snap the crayon in two so nobody gets it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snap | snap | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 crayon | det |
| 3 | crayon | crayon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Snap | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 two | case |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Snap | obl |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 gets | advmod |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 gets | nsubj |
| 8 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Snap | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snap | imperative | you not said here | the crayon | in two | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent crayon=Patient in two=Topic | |||
| 2 | get | present | nobody | crayon | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4
Run to the teacher before saying a word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 teacher | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 teacher | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Run | obl |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 saying | mark |
| 6 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Run | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 word | det |
| 8 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 saying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | to the teacher result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to teacher=Result | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | you not said here | a word | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
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