Test 1 · Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives

A boy in Newcastle says: «that new lass Sofiia's canny quiet, she just sits on her own, like.» What is the likeliest reason and the best response?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, lass, likeliest reason · What happens: say, sit, be · To what, where: own · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 25 «Ukraine: refugees, aid, sanctions and children's lives» of the politics 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: A boy in Newcastle says: «that new lass Sofiia's canny quiet, she just sits on her own, like.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Newcastle	case
4	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 lass	punct
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 lass	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lass	amod
10	lass	lass	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 quiet	nsubj
11	Sofiia	Sofiia	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 lass	appos
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Sofiia	case
13	canny	canny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 quiet	amod
14	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sits	punct
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sits	nsubj
17	just	just	ADV	_	18 sits	advmod
18	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 quiet	conj
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 own	case
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 own	nmod:poss
21	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 sits	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 like	punct
23	like	like	INTJ	_	18 sits	discourse
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 quiet	punct
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 quiet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a boy in Newcastle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	sit in a quote	present	lass			lass's own			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on own=Location

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 is the likeliest reason and the best response?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	likeliest	likely	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 response	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 response	det
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 response	amod
9	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reason	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the likeliest reason and the best response						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She is quiet because she is in trouble with the teachers, so it is best to stay away from her

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 quiet	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 quiet	cop
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 trouble	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 trouble	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 trouble	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 trouble	case
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 quiet	advcl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 teachers	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 teachers	det
11	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 trouble	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 best	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 best	advmod
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 best	expl
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 best	cop
16	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 quiet	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 stay	mark
18	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 best	advcl
19	away	away	ADV	_	18 stay	advmod
20	from	from	ADP	_	21 her	case
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	She		quiet property	tree rules
2	is	present	she	trouble	with the teachers	tree rules
3	is	present	She not said here		good property	tree rules
4	stay away	to-infinitive	She not said here		away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She is shy of Irish people only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 shy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shy	cop
3	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 people	case
5	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shy	obl
7	only	only	ADV	_	6 people	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					of Irish people; shy property	tree rules

Option 3

She does not want any friends ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 want	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 want	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 want	advmod
4	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 friends	det
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 want	obj
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 want	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not want	present · do-support	She	any friends			ever		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She is new, far from home and still learning English, so invite her over

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 new	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 new	cop
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 home	punct
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 home	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 home	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 new	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 learning	cc
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 learning	advmod
10	learning	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 home	conj
11	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 learning	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 invite	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 invite	advmod
14	invite	invite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 new	conj
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 invite	obj
16	over	over	ADP	_	14 invite	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She			home		new property	tree rules
2	learn	gerund	She not said here	English			still		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent english=Topic
3	invite over	infinitive	She not said here		English				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

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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