Test 4 · ★★ · Friends who cling to a legend
Ruby insists peanuts are nuts because of the name. What's a fun way to settle it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby, peanuts · What happens: insist, be, settle · To what, where: nuts, fun way, way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Ruby insists peanuts are nuts because of the name.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 insists | nsubj |
| 2 | insists | insist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | peanuts | peanut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 nuts | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 nuts | cop |
| 5 | nuts | nut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 insists | ccomp |
| 6 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 9 name | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 because | fixed |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 name | det |
| 9 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 insists | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 insists | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | insist speech: other | present | Ruby | because the name | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | peanuts | nuts | tree rules |
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 a fun way to settle it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 way | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | fun | fun | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 settle | mark |
| 7 | settle | settle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 settle | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 way | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a fun way | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | settle | to-infinitive | way | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Show her they grow underground like beans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Show | iobj |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 grow | nsubj |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Show | ccomp |
| 5 | underground | underground | ADV | _ | 4 grow | advmod |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 beans | case |
| 7 | beans | bean | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 grow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | grow | present | they | like beans; underground property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Say it doesn't matter at all and just walk off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 matter | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 matter | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 matter | advmod |
| 5 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 matter | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 walk | cc |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 walk | advmod |
| 10 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 matter | conj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 walk | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not matter | present · do-support | it | all | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | walk off | infinitive | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Bet her lunch on it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bet | bet | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Bet | obj |
| 3 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bet | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Bet | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bet | imperative | you not said here | her = she | lunch | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
Option 4
Tell her names are always lies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 names | nmod:poss |
| 3 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lies | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lies | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 lies | advmod |
| 6 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 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 | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | her names | lies | always property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | name | her = she | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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