Test 8 · My body belongs to me
Ben wants to give his friend a hug after a goal, but his friend steps back. What should Ben do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ben, friend · What happens: want, give, step back, do · To what, where: hug, friend
This is test 8 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: Ben wants to give his friend a hug after a goal, but his friend steps back.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 give | mark |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 friend | nmod:poss |
| 6 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | iobj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hug | det |
| 8 | hug | hug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 goal | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 goal | det |
| 11 | goal | goal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hug | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 steps | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 steps | cc |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 friend | nmod:poss |
| 15 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 steps | nsubj |
| 16 | steps | step | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 wants | conj |
| 17 | back | back | ADV | _ | 16 steps | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Ben | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | give not said to happen | to-infinitive | Ben not said here | a hug | Ben's friend | after a goal | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient hug=Theme | ||
| 3 | step back | present | Ben's friend | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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 should Ben do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Ben | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Hug him anyway because it was a great goal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hug | hug | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hug | obj |
| 3 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 1 Hug | advmod |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 goal | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 goal | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 goal | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 goal | det |
| 8 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 goal | amod |
| 9 | goal | goal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hug | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hug | imperative | you not said here | him = he | anyway property | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a great goal | tree rules |
Option 2
Laugh at him for being shy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 him | case |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Laugh | obl |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 shy | case |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 shy | cop |
| 6 | shy | shy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Laugh | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | at him = he | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | shy property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Give him a high-five instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 five | det |
| 4 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 five | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 high | punct |
| 6 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Give | obj |
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | a high five | him = he | instead property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient five=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Feel hurt and stop being his friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | hurt | hurt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Feel | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 stop | cc |
| 4 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Feel | conj |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 friend | cop |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 friend | nmod:poss |
| 7 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | imperative | you not said here | hurt property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | stop | present | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | is a | gerund | you not said here | his friend | 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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