Test 12 · ★★ · Arguing politely and never calling names
After a row, Amira gives her friend a cwtch and says, "We both want what's best for the hamster." What has she found?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Amira, We · What happens: give, say, want, be, find · To what, where: cwtch, friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Arguing politely and never calling names» 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: After a row, Amira gives her friend a cwtch and says, "We both want what's best for the hamster."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 row | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 row | det |
| 3 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gives | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 row | punct |
| 5 | Amira | Amira | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 gives | nsubj |
| 6 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friend | nmod:poss |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gives | iobj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cwtch | det |
| 10 | cwtch | cwtch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gives | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 says | cc |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gives | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 want | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 want | punct |
| 15 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 want | nsubj |
| 16 | both | both | ADV | _ | 17 want | advmod |
| 17 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 says | ccomp |
| 18 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 best | nsubj |
| 19 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 best | cop |
| 20 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 17 want | obj |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 hamster | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 hamster | det |
| 23 | hamster | hamster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 best | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 gives | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Amira | a cwtch | Amira's friend | after a row | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient cwtch=Theme | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Amira not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | want in a quote | present | We | both property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | for the hamster; good property | 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 has she found?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 found | obj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 found | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 found | nsubj |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · perfect | Amira | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Common ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 ground | amod |
| 2 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A secret ballot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ballot | det |
| 2 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ballot | amod |
| 3 | ballot | ballot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A stereotype
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 stereotype | det |
| 2 | stereotype | stereotype | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A strawman
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 strawman | det |
| 2 | strawman | strawman | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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