Test 4 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no
Why is it worth asking a question in class even if you think it is silly?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: asking, you, question · What happens: be, ask, think · To what, where: question, class · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 worth | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 worth | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 worth | expl |
| 4 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 worth | csubj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 question | det |
| 7 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asking | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 class | case |
| 9 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asking | obl |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 think | advmod |
| 11 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 think | mark |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 think | nsubj |
| 13 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 asking | advcl |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 silly | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 silly | cop |
| 16 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 think | ccomp |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 worth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | asking | worth property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | gerund | a question | class | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | think speech: other a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | present | question | silly property | tree rules |
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.
The options
Option 1
You should not ask, because it shows you are slow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 ask | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 ask | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 ask | advmod |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 shows | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 shows | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 shows | nsubj |
| 8 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ask | parataxis |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 slow | nsubj |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 slow | cop |
| 11 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 shows | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | should | You | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | show | present | it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | you | slow property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Teachers give prizes to the children who ask the most questions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 give | nsubj |
| 2 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | prizes | prize | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 give | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 children | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 children | det |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 give | obl |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 ask | nsubj |
| 8 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 children | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 questions | det |
| 10 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 questions | amod |
| 11 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 ask | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Teachers | prizes | the children | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prize=Theme to child=Recipient | |||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | the children | the most questions | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |
Option 3
It stops the lesson for everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stops | nsubj |
| 2 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stops | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 everyone | case |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 stops | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | It | the lesson | for everyone | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality lesson=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The teacher wants to help, and others may wonder too
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 | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 help | mark |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 wonder | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 wonder | cc |
| 8 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 wonder | nsubj |
| 9 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 wonder | aux |
| 10 | wonder | wonder | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | parataxis |
| 11 | too | too | ADV | _ | 10 wonder | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | the teacher | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | help not said to happen | to-infinitive | the teacher not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | wonder speech: ask | may | others | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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