Test 7 · ★ · Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment

You were not picked for the choir. What thought helps most?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not pick, think, help · To what, where: You

This is test 7 · ★ 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: You were not picked for the choir.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 picked	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 picked	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 picked	advmod
4	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 choir	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 choir	det
7	choir	choir	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 picked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pick	past · passive		You				for the choir	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for choir=Beneficiary

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 thought helps most?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 helps	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
3	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	3 helps	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past							vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	help	present							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

I am terrible at singing, so I will stop singing for good and never try again

The tree, 16 words

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 terrible	nsubj
2	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 terrible	cop
3	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	SCONJ	_	5 singing	mark
5	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 terrible	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stop	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 stop	advmod
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 stop	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 stop	aux
10	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 terrible	parataxis
11	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stop	xcomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 good	case
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 singing	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 try	cc
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	16 try	advmod
16	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 stop	conj
17	again	again	ADV	_	16 try	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	I		terrible property	tree rules
2	sing speech: express	gerund	I not said here			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stop	future	I			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	sing speech: express	gerund	I not said here		for good	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for good=Recipient
5	not try	infinitive	I not said here	again		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Lots of people are not picked at first; I can practise and try again

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 picked	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 people	case
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Lots	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 picked	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 picked	advmod
6	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 first	case
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 picked	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 practise	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 practise	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 practise	aux
12	practise	practise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 picked	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 try	cc
14	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 practise	conj
15	again	again	ADV	_	14 try	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	not pick	present · passive		Lots of people		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at first=Asset
2	practise	can	I			tree rules
3	try	infinitive	I not said here		again	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

The teacher must not like me at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 like	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 like	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 like	advmod
5	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 like	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 like	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	must	the teacher	me		all			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot i=Theme

Option 4

Choirs are silly and nobody wants to be in one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Choirs	choir	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 silly	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 silly	cop
3	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wants	cc
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 wants	nsubj
6	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 silly	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	10 one	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 one	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 one	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 wants	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Choirs	silly property	tree rules
2	want	present	nobody		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	nobody not said here	in one	tree rules

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