Test 6 · ★ · Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment
A boy wets himself on a school trip. What will a teacher most likely do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, teacher · What happens: wet, do · To what, where: boy, school trip
This is test 6 · ★ 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 boy wets himself on a school trip.
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 wets | nsubj |
| 3 | wets | wet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 wets | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 trip | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 trip | det |
| 7 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 trip | compound |
| 8 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wets | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wet | present | a boy | boy | a school trip | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
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 will a teacher most likely do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 do | obj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 teacher | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 do | nsubj |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 likely | advmod |
| 6 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 7 do | advmod |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | future | a teacher | likely property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Make him sit apart from everyone else for the rest of the trip
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Make | obj |
| 3 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Make | xcomp |
| 4 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 3 sit | advmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 everyone | case |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 sit | obl |
| 7 | else | else | ADV | _ | 6 everyone | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 rest | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 rest | det |
| 10 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sit | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 trip | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 trip | det |
| 13 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rest | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sit | infinitive | him = he not said here | everyone | for the rest of the trip; apart property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Help him quietly, find clean clothes and keep it private
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Help | obj |
| 3 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 1 Help | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 find | punct |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Help | conj |
| 6 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 clothes | amod |
| 7 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 5 find | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 keep | cc |
| 9 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Help | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 keep | obj |
| 11 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | imperative | you not said here | him = he | quietly property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | find | infinitive | you not said here | clean clothes | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Topic | ||||
| 3 | keep | infinitive | you not said here | it | private property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
Phone his parents and send him straight home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 send | nsubj |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 parents | nmod:poss |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Phone | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 send | cc |
| 5 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 send | obj |
| 7 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 8 home | advmod |
| 8 | home | home | ADV | _ | 5 send | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | infinitive | Phone and his parents | him = he | home property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4
Tell the whole class so they understand
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 | 4 class | det |
| 3 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 class | amod |
| 4 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 understand | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 understand | nsubj |
| 7 | understand | understand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the whole class | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | understand | present | they | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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