Test 6 · ★ · Your body and how you look
A friend says, «Nobody will like me because of my freckles.» What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, Nobody, best answer · What happens: say, like, be · To what, where: friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 88 «Your body and how you look» 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 friend says, «Nobody will like me because of my freckles.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 like | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 like | punct |
| 6 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 like | nsubj |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 like | aux |
| 8 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 like | obj |
| 10 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 13 freckles | case |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 because | fixed |
| 12 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 freckles | nmod:poss |
| 13 | freckles | freckle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 like | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | like in a quote | future | Nobody | a friend = friend | because my freckles | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot i=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 is the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, freckles are a real problem for making friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 problem | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | freckles | freckle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 problem | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 problem | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 problem | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 problem | amod |
| 7 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 making | mark |
| 9 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 problem | acl |
| 10 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 making | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | freckles | a real problem | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | gerund | a real problem not said here | friends | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |
Option 2
Stay out of the sun for ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 sun | case |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 sun | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sun | det |
| 5 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 ever | case |
| 7 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 1 Stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay out | imperative | you not said here | the sun | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme sun=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
People like you for who you are
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | like | like | ADP | _ | 3 you | case |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 People | nmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 who | case |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 1 People | acl:relcl |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 who | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 who | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | you | People like you not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
Cover them with paint
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cover | cover | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Cover | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 paint | case |
| 4 | paint | paint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cover | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | imperative | you not said here | them = they | with paint | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with paint=Theme |
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