Test 10 · ★ · Texting, abbreviations and emoji
Isaac's dad turns his head sideways to read ":-(". What does it show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, head · What happens: turn, read, show · To what, where: head
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 30 «Texting, abbreviations and emoji» of the language 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: Isaac's dad turns his head sideways to read ":-(".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isaac | Isaac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Isaac | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turns | nsubj |
| 4 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 head | nmod:poss |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turns | obj |
| 7 | sideways | sideways | ADV | _ | 9 read | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 read | mark |
| 9 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 turns | parataxis |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 read | punct |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 ( | punct |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 ( | punct |
| 13 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 4 turns | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 ( | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 turns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | Isaac's dad | dad's head | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme | ||||
| 2 | read | to-infinitive | sideways property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «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 does it show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | head | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A secret password
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 password | det |
| 2 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 password | amod |
| 3 | password | password | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A sad face made from keyboard characters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 face | det |
| 2 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 face | amod |
| 3 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 face | acl |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 characters | case |
| 6 | keyboard | keyboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 characters | compound |
| 7 | characters | character | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | a sad face not said here | keyboard characters | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from character=Material |
Option 3
An angry robot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 robot | det |
| 2 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 robot | amod |
| 3 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A smiling sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sun | det |
| 2 | smiling | smile | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 sun | amod |
| 3 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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