Test 3 · ★★ · Friends who cling to a legend
You know the lightning fact and Ethan doesn't. What's the best way to share it?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, best way · What happens: know, be, share · To what, where: lightning fact, way
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: You know the lightning fact and Ethan doesn't.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 know | nsubj |
| 2 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fact | det |
| 4 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fact | compound |
| 5 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 know | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 does | cc |
| 7 | Ethan | Ethan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 does | nsubj |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fact | acl |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 does | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | You | the lightning fact | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer fact=Stimulus |
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's the best way to share it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 share | mark |
| 7 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 share | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best way | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | share | to-infinitive | the best way not said here | way | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Keep correcting him until he finally admits it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | correcting | correct | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 correcting | obj |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 admits | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 admits | nsubj |
| 6 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 7 admits | advmod |
| 7 | admits | admit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 admits | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | correct speech: disagree | gerund | you not said here | him = he | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 3 | admit speech: other | present | he | it | finally property | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Quietly, and offer to look it up together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 4 offer | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 offer | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 offer | cc |
| 4 | offer | offer | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 look | mark |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 offer | xcomp |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 look | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 look | compound:prt |
| 9 | together | together | ADV | _ | 6 look | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | imperative | you not said here | quietly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look up not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | together property | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Attribute |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Shout "WRONG!" so everyone hears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 WRONG | punct |
| 3 | WRONG | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Shout | obj |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 WRONG | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 WRONG | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 hears | advmod |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 hears | nsubj |
| 8 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shout | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | WRONG | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Topic | ||||
| 2 | hear | present | everyone | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Laugh and tell the teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 tell | cc |
| 3 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Laugh | conj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 teacher | det |
| 5 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | the teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
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