Test 6 · ★★ · Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet
"lol Auntie fell for a fake AGAIN" — what is the problem with this reply?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Auntie · What happens: fall, be · To what, where: problem
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 fell | punct |
| 2 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 fell | discourse |
| 3 | Auntie | Auntie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 fell | nsubj |
| 4 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 fake | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fake | det |
| 7 | fake | fake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fell | obl |
| 8 | AGAIN | again | ADV | _ | 4 fell | advmod |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 fell | punct |
| 10 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 problem | punct |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 problem | obj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 problem | cop |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 problem | det |
| 14 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fell | obl |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 reply | case |
| 16 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 reply | det |
| 17 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 problem | nmod |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall in a quote | past | Auntie | again | for a fake | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for fake=Theme | |||
| 2 | is a | present | the problem | with this reply | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
It shames her, so she may stop listening and leave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shames | nsubj |
| 2 | shames | shame | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shames | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 stop | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 stop | advmod |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stop | nsubj |
| 7 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 stop | aux |
| 8 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 shames | advcl |
| 9 | listening | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 stop | xcomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 leave | cc |
| 11 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 2 shames | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shame | present | It | her = she | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | stop | may | she | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | listen | gerund | she not said here | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | leave | present | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Nothing, laughing is the best correction, because people remember being laughed at for a long time
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 correction | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 laughing | punct |
| 3 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 correction | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 correction | det |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 correction | amod |
| 7 | correction | correction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 remember | punct |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 remember | mark |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 remember | nsubj |
| 11 | remember | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 correction | conj |
| 12 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 laughed | aux:pass |
| 13 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 remember | ccomp |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 laughed | obl |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 time | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 time | det |
| 17 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 time | amod |
| 18 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 laughed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | gerund | Nothing not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | Nothing | the best correction | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | remember | present | people | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | laugh | gerund · passive | time | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V» |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It corrects the fake too gently
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 corrects | nsubj |
| 2 | corrects | correct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fake | det |
| 4 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 corrects | obj |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 gently | advmod |
| 6 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 2 corrects | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | correct speech: disagree | present | It | the fake | gently property | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fake=Patient |
Option 4
It is too kind to Auntie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 kind | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 kind | advmod |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Auntie | case |
| 6 | Auntie | Auntie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 kind | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | Auntie | kind property | tree rules |
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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