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Test 8 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no

Your sister broke your mum's mug and you laugh at her. What would be kinder?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, you · What happens: break, laugh, be · To what, where: mug

This is test 8 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: Your sister broke your mum's mug and you laugh at her.

nmod:possnsubjnmod:possnmod:posscaseobjccnsubjconjcaseoblpunctrootYourPRONsisterNOUNbrokeVERByourPRONmumNOUN'sPARTmugNOUNandCCONJyouPRONlaughVERBatADPherPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 sisternmod:poss
2sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing3 brokensubj
3brokebreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 mumnmod:poss
5mummumNOUNNumber=Sing7 mugnmod:poss
6's'sPART_5 mumcase
7mugmugNOUNNumber=Sing3 brokeobj
8andandCCONJ_10 laughcc
9youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs10 laughnsubj
10laughlaughVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 brokeconj
11atatADP_12 hercase
12hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 laughobl
13..PUNCT_3 brokepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1breakpastYour sisteryour mum's mugvn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mug=Patient
2laughpresentyouat sistervn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 would be kinder?

nsubjauxcoppunctrootWhatPRONwouldAUXbeAUXkinderADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 kindernsubj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 kinderaux
3bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf4 kindercop
4kinderkindADJDegree=Cmprootroot
5??PUNCT_4 kinderpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1iswouldkind propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Laugh more so she sees it is no big deal

advmodadvmodnsubjadvclnsubjcopdetamodccomprootLaughVERBmoreADVsoADVshePRONseesVERBitPRONisAUXnoDETbigADJdealNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LaughlaughVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2moremoreADVDegree=Cmp1 Laughadvmod
3sosoADV_5 seesadvmod
4sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 seesnsubj
5seesseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Laughadvcl
6ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 dealnsubj
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 dealcop
8nonoDETPronType=Neg10 dealdet
9bigbigADJDegree=Pos10 dealamod
10dealdealNOUNNumber=Sing5 seesccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1laughimperativeyou not said herevn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2seepresentshevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3is apresentitno big dealtree rules

Option 2

Tell your mum as fast as you can

nmod:possobjadvmodadvmodmarknsubjadvclrootTellVERByourPRONmumNOUNasADVfastADVasSCONJyouPRONcanAUX
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TelltellVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 mumnmod:poss
3mummumNOUNNumber=Sing1 Tellobj
4asasADV_5 fastadvmod
5fastfastADVDegree=Pos1 Telladvmod
6asasSCONJ_8 canmark
7youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs8 cannsubj
8cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin5 fastadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertimperativeyou not said hereyour mumfast propertyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Tell her she always breaks things

iobjnsubjadvmodparataxisobjrootTellVERBherPRONshePRONalwaysADVbreaksVERBthingsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TelltellVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Telliobj
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 breaksnsubj
4alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot5 breaksadvmod
5breaksbreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Tellparataxis
6thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur5 breaksobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertimperativeyou not said hereher = shevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2breakpresentshethingsalways propertyvn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Be kind, because you would want the same

coppunctmarknsubjauxconjdetobjrootBeAUXkindADJ,PUNCTbecauseSCONJyouPRONwouldAUXwantVERBtheDETsameADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BebeAUXVerbForm=Inf2 kindcop
2kindkindADJDegree=Posrootroot
3,,PUNCT_7 wantpunct
4becausebecauseSCONJ_7 wantmark
5youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs7 wantnsubj
6wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin7 wantaux
7wantwantVERBVerbForm=Inf2 kindconj
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 samedet
9samesameADJDegree=Pos7 wantobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1isimperativeyou not said herekind propertytree rules
2wantwouldyouthe samevn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot same=Theme

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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