Test 10 · ★ · Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment
A classmate is laughed at after saying a wrong answer. What can you do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: laugh, say, do · To what, where: classmate, wrong answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ 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: A classmate is laughed at after saying a wrong answer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 classmate | det |
| 2 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laughed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 laughed | aux:pass |
| 4 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 laughed | obl |
| 6 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 7 saying | mark |
| 7 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 laughed | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 answer | det |
| 9 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 answer | amod |
| 10 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saying | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 laughed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present · passive | a classmate | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | a wrong answer | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent answer=Topic |
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 can you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 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 | can | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Laugh too so you fit in with the others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | too | too | ADV | _ | 1 Laugh | advmod |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 fit | advmod |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 fit | nsubj |
| 5 | fit | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Laugh | advcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 fit | compound:prt |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 others | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 others | det |
| 9 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | fit in | present | you | with the others | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Tell the teacher the answer was silly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 silly | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 silly | cop |
| 7 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the answer | silly property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Not join in, and say that it was a good try
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 join | advmod |
| 2 | join | join | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 2 join | compound:prt |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 say | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 say | cc |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 join | conj |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 try | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 try | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 try | cop |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 try | det |
| 11 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 try | amod |
| 12 | try | try | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not join in | imperative | you not said here | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | past | it | a good try | tree rules |
Option 4
Whisper the right answer to everyone else so they can laugh as well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whisper | whisper | ADP | _ | 4 answer | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 answer | det |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 answer | amod |
| 4 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 laugh | obl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 everyone | case |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 11 laugh | obl |
| 7 | else | else | ADV | _ | 6 everyone | advmod |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 11 laugh | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 laugh | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 laugh | aux |
| 11 | laugh | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 11 laugh | advmod |
| 13 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 as | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | can | they | everyone | whisper the right answer | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to everyone=Recipient |
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