Test 5 · My body belongs to me
A boy says he did not say no to an unsafe touch because he was frozen with fear. Was it his fault?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, fear · What happens: say, not say, freeze, be · To what, where: no, unsafe touch, boy, fault · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 57 «My body belongs to me» 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 boy says he did not say no to an unsafe touch because he was frozen with fear.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 say | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 say | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 say | advmod |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 say | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 touch | case |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 touch | det |
| 11 | unsafe | unsafe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 touch | amod |
| 12 | touch | touch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | obl |
| 13 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 16 frozen | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 frozen | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 frozen | aux:pass |
| 16 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 say | advcl |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 fear | case |
| 18 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 frozen | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a boy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not say speech: assert | past · do-support | boy | no | a unsafe touch | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to touch=Recipient | |||
| 3 | freeze | past · passive | boy | with fear | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with fear=Instrument |
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: Was it his fault?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fault | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fault | nsubj |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 fault | nmod:poss |
| 4 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fault | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | fear | boy's fault | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, because he did not say no
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 say | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 say | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 say | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 say | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 say | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 say | advmod |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 say | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not say speech: assert | past · do-support | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, if he did not tell somebody straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 tell | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 tell | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 tell | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 tell | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 tell | advmod |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | somebody | somebody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 tell | obj |
| 9 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 10 away | advmod |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 tell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert | past · do-support | he | somebody | away property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent somebody=Recipient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, it is never the child's fault
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 fault | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fault | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fault | cop |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 fault | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 child | det |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fault | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 child | case |
| 9 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | it | the child's fault | tree rules |
Option 4
Partly, because he was there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Partly | partly | ADV | _ | 6 there | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Partly | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 there | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 there | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 there | cop |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | partly, there property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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