Test 8 · Needles and brave faces
Toddler screams at jabs. Is she being naughty?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Toddler · What happens: scream, be · To what, where: jabs
This is test 8 of lesson 32 «Needles and brave faces» of the medicine 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: Toddler screams at jabs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toddler | toddler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 screams | nsubj |
| 2 | screams | scream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 jabs | case |
| 4 | jabs | jab | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 screams | obl |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 screams | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scream speech: express | present | Toddler | jabs | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at jab=Location |
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: Is she being naughty?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 naughty | cop |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 naughty | nsubj |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 naughty | cop |
| 4 | naughty | naughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 naughty | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Toddler | naughty property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, she's just pretending to be hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 pretending | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pretending | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pretending | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 pretending | advmod |
| 6 | pretending | pretend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 hurt | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 hurt | aux:pass |
| 9 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 pretending | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | present · progressive | she | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | hurt | to-infinitive · passive | she not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, little children scream when scared or hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 scream | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 scream | punct |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 children | amod |
| 4 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 scream | nsubj |
| 5 | scream | scream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 7 scared | mark |
| 7 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 scream | advcl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 hurt | cc |
| 9 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 scared | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scream speech: express | present | little children | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | hurt | participle | little children not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Yes, she should be told off firmly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 told | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 told | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 told | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 told | aux:pass |
| 6 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 told | compound:prt |
| 8 | firmly | firmly | ADV | _ | 6 told | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell off speech: assert | should · passive | she | firmly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 4
Yes, she's spoiled and wants attention
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 spoiled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 spoiled | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 spoiled | aux:pass |
| 5 | spoiled | spoil | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wants | cc |
| 7 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 spoiled | conj |
| 8 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wants | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spoil | present · passive | she | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | want | present | attention | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot attention=Theme |
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