Test 9 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no
A classmate keeps asking for your snack every day. What is fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: classmate · What happens: keep, ask, be
This is test 9 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: A classmate keeps asking for your snack every day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 classmate | det |
| 2 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keeps | nsubj |
| 3 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keeps | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 snack | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 snack | nmod:poss |
| 7 | snack | snack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asking | obl |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asking | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | a classmate | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | gerund | a classmate not said here | day | for your snack | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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 is fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 fair | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fair | cop |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
You must always give it, because sharing is good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 give | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 give | advmod |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 good | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 good | mark |
| 8 | sharing | sharing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 good | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 good | cop |
| 10 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 give | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | must | You | it | always property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | sharing | good property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
You can kindly say no, because you choose what to share
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | kindly | kindly | ADV | _ | 4 say | advmod |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 say | discourse |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 choose | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 choose | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 choose | nsubj |
| 9 | choose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | parataxis |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 share | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 share | mark |
| 12 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 choose | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | can | You | kindly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | choose | present | you | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | share | to-infinitive | you not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
You should hide your snack at the bottom of your bag every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 hide | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 hide | aux |
| 3 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 snack | nmod:poss |
| 5 | snack | snack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hide | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 bottom | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bottom | det |
| 8 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hide | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 bag | case |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 bag | nmod:poss |
| 11 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bottom | nmod |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 day | det |
| 13 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hide | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | should | You | your snack | the bottom of your bag | day | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent snack=Patient at bottom=Location |
Option 4
You should tell the whole class that he begs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 tell | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 tell | aux |
| 3 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 class | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 class | amod |
| 6 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tell | obj |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 begs | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 begs | nsubj |
| 9 | begs | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 tell | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | should | You | the whole class | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | beg speech: request | present | he | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent |
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