Test 6 · ★ · Your amazing brain and senses
"are you thick or what, some ppl just can't do maths, end of" Kai's mate says. What do you reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, ppl, mate · What happens: be, not do, say, reply · To what, where: maths, end · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2 «Your amazing brain and senses» 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: "are you thick or what, some ppl just can't do maths, end of" Kai's mate says.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 thick | punct |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 thick | cop |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 thick | nsubj |
| 4 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 what | cc |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 thick | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 ppl | punct |
| 8 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 ppl | det |
| 9 | ppl | people | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | 6 what | nsubj |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 do | advmod |
| 11 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 do | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 do | advmod |
| 13 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 ppl | acl:relcl |
| 14 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 do | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 end | punct |
| 16 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 maths | appos |
| 17 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 22 says | mark |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 says | punct |
| 19 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 mate | nmod:poss |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 19 Kai | case |
| 21 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 says | nsubj |
| 22 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 end | acl:relcl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 thick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | you | thick property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not do in a quote | can | some ppl not said here | maths | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | Kai's mate | end not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent end=Topic |
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 do you reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 reply | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 reply | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 reply | nsubj |
| 4 | reply | reply | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 reply | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | present · do-support | you | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Brains get stronger with practice; let's practise together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brains | brain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 get | xcomp |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 practice | case |
| 5 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obl |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 let | punct |
| 7 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 get | parataxis |
| 8 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 let | obj |
| 9 | practise | practise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 let | xcomp |
| 10 | together | together | ADV | _ | 9 practise | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Brains | with practice; strong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | 's | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | practise | infinitive | 's not said here | together property | tree rules |
Option 2
You're right, Kai should give up maths now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 give | punct |
| 5 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 give | nsubj |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 give | aux |
| 7 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | parataxis |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 give | compound:prt |
| 9 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 give | obj |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | You | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give up | should | Kai | maths | now | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=Source |
Option 3
Maths skill depends on your star sign
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 skill | compound |
| 2 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 depends | nsubj |
| 3 | depends | depend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 sign | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 sign | nmod:poss |
| 6 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sign | compound |
| 7 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 depends | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depend | present | Maths skill | on your star sign | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on sign=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sign | your | nom sign «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Only right-brained people can't do maths, so Kai should stop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 people | advmod |
| 2 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 brained | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 right | punct |
| 4 | brained | brained | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 people | amod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 do | nsubj |
| 6 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 do | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 do | advmod |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 do | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 stop | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 stop | advmod |
| 12 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 stop | nsubj |
| 13 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 stop | aux |
| 14 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 do | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | can | brained people | maths | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | stop | should | Kai | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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