Test 1 · ★★ · Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying
Two best friends in Austin argue about a game and both feel bad the next day. What usually works?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two best friends, both · What happens: argue, feel, work
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 98 «Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying» 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: Two best friends in Austin argue about a game and both feel bad the next day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 friends | nummod |
| 2 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 friends | amod |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 argue | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Austin | case |
| 5 | Austin | Austin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friends | nmod |
| 6 | argue | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 game | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 game | det |
| 9 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 argue | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 feel | cc |
| 11 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 feel | nsubj |
| 12 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 argue | conj |
| 13 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 feel | xcomp |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 day | det |
| 15 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 day | amod |
| 16 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 feel | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 argue | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | argue speech: disagree | present | Two best friends in Austin | about a game | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about game=Topic | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | both | day | bad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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 usually works?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 works | obj |
| 2 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 3 works | advmod |
| 3 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 works | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | usually property | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent what=Material |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
They each find a new best friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 find | nsubj |
| 2 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 find | advmod |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 friend | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 friend | amod |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 friend | amod |
| 7 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | They | a new best friend | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Topic |
Option 2
They pretend the argument never happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pretend | nsubj |
| 2 | pretend | pretend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 argument | det |
| 4 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pretend | obj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 happened | advmod |
| 6 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 argument | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | present | They | the argument | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not happen | past | the argument not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They talk calmly and both say sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 talk | nsubj |
| 2 | talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | calmly | calmly | ADV | _ | 2 talk | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 say | cc |
| 5 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 say | nsubj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 talk | conj |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | present | They | calmly property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | both | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
They wait for the teacher to sort it out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wait | nsubj |
| 2 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 teacher | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 teacher | det |
| 5 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wait | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 sort | mark |
| 7 | sort | sort | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wait | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sort | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 sort | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | present | They | for the teacher | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sort out | to-infinitive | They not said here | teacher | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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