Test 6 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no
Aunt Sue always wants a big hug, and you feel uncomfortable. Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Aunt, you · What happens: want, feel, be · To what, where: big hug
This is test 6 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
Sentence 1: Aunt Sue always wants a big hug, and you feel uncomfortable.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | Sue | Sue | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Aunt | appos |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 wants | advmod |
| 4 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hug | det |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hug | amod |
| 7 | hug | hug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wants | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 feel | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 feel | cc |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 feel | nsubj |
| 11 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wants | conj |
| 12 | uncomfortable | uncomfortable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 feel | xcomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Aunt | a big hug | always property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hug=Theme | |||
| 2 | feel | present | you | uncomfortable 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: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
You should stay away from her for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | aux |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 stay | advmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 her | case |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 away | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 good | case |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay away | should | You | for good; away property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You can choose a high-five or a wave instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 choose | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 choose | aux |
| 3 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 five | det |
| 5 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 five | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 high | punct |
| 7 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 choose | obj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 wave | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 wave | det |
| 10 | wave | wave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 five | conj |
| 11 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 3 choose | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | can | You | a high five or a wave | instead property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Theme |
Option 3
You must not tell anyone how you feel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 tell | advmod |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 tell | obj |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 feel | advmod |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 feel | nsubj |
| 8 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert | must | You | anyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | you | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
You must hug her every time, because she is family and it is rude not to
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 hug | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 hug | aux |
| 3 | hug | hug | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hug | obj |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 time | det |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hug | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 family | punct |
| 8 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 11 family | case |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 family | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 family | cop |
| 11 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hug | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 rude | cc |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 rude | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 rude | cop |
| 15 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hug | conj |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 rude | conj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 not | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hug | must | You | her = she | time | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | is | present | she | because family | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | family | rude property | tree rules |
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