Test 5 · ★ · Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts
Your mate goes, "Shut up, I'm literally looking at the map, Greenland's massive." Best move?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, I · What happens: go, shut up, look
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 17 «Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts» of the myths 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: Your mate goes, "Shut up, I'm literally looking at the map, Greenland's massive."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Shut | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Shut | punct |
| 6 | Shut | shut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 goes | xcomp |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 Shut | compound:prt |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 looking | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 looking | nsubj |
| 10 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 looking | aux |
| 11 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 12 looking | advmod |
| 12 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 goes | advcl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 map | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 map | det |
| 15 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 looking | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 massive | punct |
| 17 | Greenland | Greenland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 massive | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 Greenland | case |
| 19 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 looking | conj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | shut up in a quote | participle | Your mate not said here | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | look in a quote | present · progressive | I | at the map; literally property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at map=Theme |
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: Best move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 move | amod |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 move | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Agree with him, maps are always exactly right about sizes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 him | case |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Agree | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 right | punct |
| 5 | maps | map | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 right | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 right | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 right | advmod |
| 8 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 9 right | advmod |
| 9 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Agree | parataxis |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 sizes | case |
| 11 | sizes | size | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | imperative | you not said here | with him = he | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | maps | about sizes; always, exactly, right property | tree rules |
Option 2
Tell him he's stupid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stupid | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 stupid | cop |
| 5 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | stupid property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Look at a globe together; flat maps stretch the top
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 globe | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 globe | det |
| 4 | globe | globe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Look | obl |
| 5 | together | together | ADV | _ | 1 Look | advmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 stretch | punct |
| 7 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 maps | amod |
| 8 | maps | map | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 stretch | nsubj |
| 9 | stretch | stretch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Look | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 top | det |
| 11 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stretch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | at a globe; together property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at globe=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stretch | present | flat maps | the top | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent top=Patient |
Option 4
Rip the map off the wall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rip | rip | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 map | det |
| 3 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rip | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 wall | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wall | det |
| 6 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rip | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rip | imperative | you not said here | the map | off the wall | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent map=Patient off wall=Co-Patient |
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