Test 4 · ★★ · Arguing politely and never calling names
"don't have a cow, it's just a hamster" — the twins keep repeating themselves louder. What is the teacher's best question?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, it, twins, best question, teacher · What happens: not have, be, keep, repeat, question · To what, where: cow, hamster, twins · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: "don't have a cow, it's just a hamster" — the twins keep repeating themselves louder.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 have | advmod |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cow | det |
| 6 | cow | cow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 hamster | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 hamster | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 hamster | cop |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 hamster | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 hamster | det |
| 12 | hamster | hamster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | parataxis |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 hamster | punct |
| 14 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 keep | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 twins | det |
| 16 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 keep | nsubj |
| 17 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | parataxis |
| 18 | repeating | repeat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 keep | xcomp |
| 19 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 18 repeating | obj |
| 20 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 18 repeating | xcomp |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have in a quote | imperative · do-support | you not said here | a cow | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | a hamster | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | keep | present | the twins | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | repeat | gerund | the twins not said here | twins = twin | loud property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Eventuality |
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 teacher's best question?
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 | 4 teacher | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 question | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 teacher | case |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 question | amod |
| 7 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the teacher's best question | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | question | the teacher | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Who can shout the loudest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 shout | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 shout | aux |
| 3 | shout | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 loudest | det |
| 5 | loudest | loud | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 shout | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 shout | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | can | the loudest | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loud=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
What do you both agree on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 agree | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 agree | nsubj |
| 4 | both | both | ADV | _ | 5 agree | advmod |
| 5 | agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 agree | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | present · do-support | you | both property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Who is the stupidest here?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Who | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stupidest | det |
| 4 | stupidest | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 1 Who | nsubj |
| 5 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Who | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Who | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the stupidest | here | tree rules |
Option 4
Why don't you both give up?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 do | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 give | advcl |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 do | advmod |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 give | nsubj |
| 5 | both | both | ADV | _ | 6 give | advmod |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 give | compound:prt |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | present | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | give up | present | you | both property | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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