Test 2 · ★★ · Friends who cling to a legend
Your friend was right about ostriches, but you argued and she walked off. What fixes things best?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: be, argue, walk off, fix · To what, where: things
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Friends who cling to a legend» 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 friend was right about ostriches, but you argued and she walked off.
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 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 ostriches | case |
| 6 | ostriches | ostrich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 right | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 argued | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 argued | cc |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 argued | nsubj |
| 10 | argued | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 walked | cc |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 walked | nsubj |
| 13 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 argued | conj |
| 14 | off | off | ADP | _ | 13 walked | compound:prt |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Your friend | about ostriches; right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | argue speech: disagree | past | you | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | walk off | past | friend | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 fixes things best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 fixes | nsubj |
| 2 | fixes | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 fixes | obj |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 things | nmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 fixes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present | things best | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Waiting for her to say sorry to you first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 her | case |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Waiting | obl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Waiting | advcl |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 say | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 sorry | obl |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 say | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | gerund | for her = she | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | to-infinitive | first, sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Finding a different fact to win the next row on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finding | find | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fact | det |
| 3 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fact | amod |
| 4 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Finding | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 win | mark |
| 6 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 fact | acl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 row | det |
| 8 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 row | amod |
| 9 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 win | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 win | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | gerund | a different fact | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Topic | |||||
| 2 | win | to-infinitive | the next row | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent row=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Telling the whole class that she was rude
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 class | det |
| 3 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 class | amod |
| 4 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | obj |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 rude | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 rude | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 rude | cop |
| 8 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Telling | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | the whole class | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | is | past | she | rude property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Saying sorry and that she was right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Saying | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 right | cc |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 right | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 right | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 right | cop |
| 7 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sorry | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | sorry | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is | past | she | right property | tree rules |
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