Test 1 · ★ · Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment
Ethan's camping trip is called off. Which response shows he handles disappointment well?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ethan, response · What happens: call off, trip, show, handle · To what, where: camping trip, disappointment · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 92 «Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment» 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: Ethan's camping trip is called off.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan | Ethan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 trip | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ethan | case |
| 3 | camping | camping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trip | compound |
| 4 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 called | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 called | aux:pass |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 called | compound:prt |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 called | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call off speech: assert | present · passive | Ethan's camping trip | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | trip | Ethan | nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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: Which response shows he handles disappointment well?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 response | det |
| 2 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | 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 | 5 handles | nsubj |
| 5 | handles | handle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shows | ccomp |
| 6 | disappointment | disappointment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 handles | obj |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 handles | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | which response | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | handle | present | response | disappointment | well property | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disappointment=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
This always happens to me and never to anyone else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 happens | advmod |
| 3 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 me | case |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 happens | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 anyone | cc |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 anyone | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 anyone | case |
| 9 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 me | conj |
| 10 | else | else | ADV | _ | 9 anyone | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | This | me | always property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
I'll stay angry until we go camping
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | aux |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stay | xcomp |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 go | mark |
| 6 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 go | nsubj |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | advcl |
| 8 | camping | camp | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 go | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | future | I | angry property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | present | we | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | camp | gerund | we not said here | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
I'm disappointed, but let's pick another weekend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 disappointed | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 disappointed | cop |
| 3 | disappointed | disappointed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 let | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 let | cc |
| 6 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 disappointed | parataxis |
| 7 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 let | obj |
| 8 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 let | xcomp |
| 9 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 weekend | det |
| 10 | weekend | weekend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pick | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | I | disappointed property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | 's | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | pick | infinitive | 's not said here | weekend | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
I don't care, camping is boring anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 care | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 care | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 care | advmod |
| 4 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 boring | punct |
| 6 | camping | camping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 boring | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 boring | cop |
| 8 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 care | ccomp |
| 9 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 4 care | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not care | present · do-support | I | anyway property | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | present | camping | boring property | tree rules |
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