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Test 4 · ★ · Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult

«it's just banter, Ben, why are you so sensitive?» Ben's hat goes in the bin for the fifth day. What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, you, hat · What happens: be, go · To what, where: banter, bin

This is test 4 · ★ 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: «it's just banter, Ben, why are you so sensitive?»

punctnsubjcopadvmodpunctparataxispunctadvmodcopnsubjadvmodconjpunctpunctroot«PUNCTitPRON'sAUXjustADVbanterNOUN,PUNCTBenPROPN,PUNCTwhyADVareAUXyouPRONsoADVsensitiveADJ?PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_5 banterpunct
2ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 banternsubj
3'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 bantercop
4justjustADV_5 banteradvmod
5banterbanterNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6,,PUNCT_7 Benpunct
7BenBenPROPNNumber=Sing5 banterparataxis
8,,PUNCT_13 sensitivepunct
9whywhyADVPronType=Int13 sensitiveadvmod
10arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 sensitivecop
11youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs13 sensitivensubj
12sosoADV_13 sensitiveadvmod
13sensitivesensitiveADJDegree=Pos5 banterconj
14??PUNCT_5 banterpunct
15»»PUNCT_5 banterpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentitbantertree rules
2is in a quotepresentyousensitive propertytree 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: Ben's hat goes in the bin for the fifth day.

nmod:posscasensubjcasedetoblcasedetamodoblpunctrootBenPROPN'sPARThatNOUNgoesVERBinADPtheDETbinNOUNforADPtheDETfifthADJdayNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BenBenPROPNNumber=Sing3 hatnmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Bencase
3hathatNOUNNumber=Sing4 goesnsubj
4goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5ininADP_7 bincase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 bindet
7binbinNOUNNumber=Sing4 goesobl
8forforADP_11 daycase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 daydet
10fifthfifthADJDegree=Pos11 dayamod
11daydayNOUNNumber=Sing4 goesobl
12..PUNCT_4 goespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopresentBen's hatthe bindayvn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in bin=Location

Sentence 3: What is right?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXrightADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentright propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

It's fine, because hats can be washed

explcoppunctmarknsubj:passauxaux:passconjrootItPRON'sAUXfineADJ,PUNCTbecauseSCONJhatsNOUNcanAUXbeAUXwashedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 fineexpl
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 finecop
3finefineADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_9 washedpunct
5becausebecauseSCONJ_9 washedmark
6hatshatNOUNNumber=Plur9 washednsubj:pass
7cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin9 washedaux
8bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf9 washedaux:pass
9washedwashVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 fineconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentfine propertytree rules
2washcan · passivehatsvn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

If one person keeps getting hurt, it isn't banter

marknummodnsubjadvclxcompxcomppunctnsubjcopadvmodrootIfSCONJoneNUMpersonNOUNkeepsVERBgettingVERBhurtVERB,PUNCTitPRONisAUXn'tPARTbanterNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IfifSCONJ_4 keepsmark
2oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card3 personnummod
3personpersonNOUNNumber=Sing4 keepsnsubj
4keepskeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 banteradvcl
5gettinggetVERBVerbForm=Ger4 keepsxcomp
6hurthurtVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 gettingxcomp
7,,PUNCT_4 keepspunct
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 banternsubj
9isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 bantercop
10n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg11 banteradvmod
11banterbanterNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keep a condition, not said to happenpresentone persontree rules
2getgerundone person not said herevn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3hurtparticipleone person not said herevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4not is apresentpersonbantertree rules

Option 3

It's banter as long as the group is laughing

nsubjcopnsubjadvmodadvmodcasedetoblauxrootItPRON'sAUXbanterNOUNasADVlongADVasADPtheDETgroupNOUNisAUXlaughingVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 banternsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 bantercop
3banterbanterNOUNNumber=Sing10 laughingnsubj
4asasADV_5 longadvmod
5longlongADVDegree=Pos3 banteradvmod
6asasADP_8 groupcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 groupdet
8groupgroupNOUNNumber=Sing5 longobl
9isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 laughingaux
10laughinglaughVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentItbanterlong propertytree rules
2laughpresent · progressivebantervn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Ben should learn to laugh at it like all the others do

nsubjauxmarkxcompcaseoblmarkdet:predetdetnsubjadvclrootBenPROPNshouldAUXlearnVERBtoPARTlaughVERBatADPitPRONlikeSCONJallDETtheDETothersNOUNdoVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BenBenPROPNNumber=Sing3 learnnsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 learnaux
3learnlearnVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4totoPART_5 laughmark
5laughlaughVERBVerbForm=Inf3 learnxcomp
6atatADP_7 itcase
7ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 laughobl
8likelikeSCONJ_12 domark
9allallDETPronType=Tot11 othersdet:predet
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 othersdet
11othersotherNOUNNumber=Plur12 donsubj
12dodoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 laughadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1learnshouldBenvn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2laughto-infinitiveBen not said hereitvn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3dopresentall othersvn act-114-1 «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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