Test 10 · ★ · Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult ★★★ Freya says «I'm fine» once, calmly, with dry eyes. Later she says «I'm fine I'm fine I'm fine» fast, holding back tears. Which tells you more that she needs help?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★ · What happens: say, be, hold back, tell, need · To what, where: tears, more, you, help · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 51 «Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult» 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: ★★★ Freya says «I'm fine» once, calmly, with dry eyes.
nsubj compound appos flat punct nsubj cop ccomp punct advmod punct advmod punct case amod parataxis punct root ★ PROPN ★ NOUN ★ NOUN Freya PROPN says VERB « PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX fine ADJ » PUNCT once ADV , PUNCT calmly ADV , PUNCT with ADP dry ADJ eyes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ★ ★ PROPN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 2 ★ ★ NOUN Number=Sing 3 ★ compound 3 ★ ★ NOUN Number=Sing 1 ★ appos 4 Freya Freya PROPN Number=Sing 1 ★ flat 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 « « PUNCT _ 9 fine punct 7 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 fine nsubj 8 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 fine cop 9 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 5 says ccomp 10 » » PUNCT _ 9 fine punct 11 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 5 says advmod 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 calmly punct 13 calmly calmly ADV _ 5 says advmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 17 eyes punct 15 with with ADP _ 17 eyes case 16 dry dry ADJ Degree=Pos 17 eyes amod 17 eyes eye NOUN Number=Plur 5 says parataxis 18 . . PUNCT _ 5 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present ★ calmly, once property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present ★ fine 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.
Sentence 2: Later she says «I'm fine I'm fine I'm fine» fast, holding back tears.
advmod nsubj punct nsubj cop ccomp nsubj cop parataxis nsubj cop parataxis punct advmod punct advcl advmod obj punct root Later ADV she PRON says VERB « PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX fine ADJ I PRON 'm AUX fine ADJ I PRON 'm AUX fine ADJ » PUNCT fast ADV , PUNCT holding VERB back ADV tears NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Later late ADV Degree=Cmp 3 says advmod 2 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 « « PUNCT _ 7 fine punct 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 fine nsubj 6 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 fine cop 7 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 3 says ccomp 8 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 fine nsubj 9 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 fine cop 10 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 7 fine parataxis 11 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 13 fine nsubj 12 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 fine cop 13 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 10 fine parataxis 14 » » PUNCT _ 13 fine punct 15 fast fast ADV Degree=Pos 10 fine advmod 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 holding punct 17 holding hold VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 says advcl 18 back back ADV _ 17 holding advmod 19 tears tear NOUN Number=Plur 17 holding obj 20 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present ★ late property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present ★ fine property tree rules 3 is in a quote present ★ fast, fine property tree rules 4 is in a quote present ★ fine property tree rules 5 hold back gerund ★ not said here tears vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=Theme
Sentence 3: Which tells you more that she needs help?
nsubj iobj obj mark nsubj advcl obj punct root Which PRON tells VERB you PRON more ADJ that SCONJ she PRON needs VERB help NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which PRON PronType=Rel 2 tells nsubj 2 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 tells iobj 4 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 tells obj 5 that that SCONJ _ 7 needs mark 6 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 needs nsubj 7 needs need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 tells advcl 8 help help NOUN Number=Sing 7 needs obj 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 tells punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert present more you vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient more=Topic 2 need present ★ help vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer The fast, repeated «I'm fine» with tears
det nsubj:pass punct punct nsubj cop conj punct case obl root The DET fast ADJ , PUNCT repeated VERB « PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX fine ADJ » PUNCT with ADP tears NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 fast det 2 fast fast ADJ Degree=Pos 4 repeated nsubj:pass 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 repeated punct 4 repeated repeat VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 « « PUNCT _ 8 fine punct 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 fine nsubj 7 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 fine cop 8 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 4 repeated conj 9 » » PUNCT _ 8 fine punct 10 with with ADP _ 11 tears case 11 tears tear NOUN Number=Plur 4 repeated obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 repeat participle · passive the fast with tears vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: subject=Eventuality with tear=Subeventuality 2 is in a quote present I fine property tree rules
Option 2 Both mean exactly the same thing
nsubj advmod det amod obj root Both DET mean VERB exactly ADV the DET same ADJ thing NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both DET PronType=Tot 2 mean nsubj 2 mean mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 exactly exactly ADV _ 6 thing advmod 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 thing det 5 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 6 thing amod 6 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 2 mean obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Both the same thing vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
Option 3 The calm «I'm fine» with dry eyes
det amod punct nsubj cop punct case amod obl root The DET calm ADJ « PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX fine ADJ » PUNCT with ADP dry ADJ eyes NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 fine det 2 calm calm ADJ Degree=Pos 6 fine amod 3 « « PUNCT _ 6 fine punct 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 fine nsubj 5 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 fine cop 6 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 » » PUNCT _ 6 fine punct 8 with with ADP _ 10 eyes case 9 dry dry ADJ Degree=Pos 10 eyes amod 10 eyes eye NOUN Number=Plur 6 fine obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present I with dry eyes; fine property tree rules
Option 4 Neither, because she said fine each time
advmod punct mark nsubj xcomp det obl:unmarked root Neither ADV , PUNCT because SCONJ she PRON said VERB fine ADJ each DET time NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Neither neither ADV _ 5 said advmod 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Neither punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 5 said mark 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 said nsubj 5 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 5 said xcomp 7 each each DET PronType=Tot 8 time det 8 time time NOUN Number=Sing 5 said obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past she time fine, neither property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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