Test 9 · Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments
Zara stares at the posted photo: "Is that what I REALLY look like?" What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Zara, I, truth · What happens: stare, be, look
This is test 9 of lesson 11 «Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments» of the reflection 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: Zara stares at the posted photo: "Is that what I REALLY look like?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 stares | nsubj |
| 2 | stares | stare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 photo | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 photo | det |
| 5 | posted | posted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 photo | amod |
| 6 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stares | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 what | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 what | punct |
| 9 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 what | cop |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 what | mark |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 stares | obl |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 look | nsubj |
| 13 | REALLY | really | ADV | _ | 14 look | advmod |
| 14 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 what | acl:relcl |
| 15 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 look | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 stares | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 stares | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stare | present | Zara | at the posted photo | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at photo=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | look in a quote | present | I | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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 the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes; cameras always show what people really look like
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 show | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | cameras | camera | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 show | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 show | advmod |
| 5 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 look | obl |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 look | nsubj |
| 8 | really | really | ADV | _ | 9 look | advmod |
| 9 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 show | ccomp |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | cameras | always property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | look | present | people | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Yes; that's why she should take lots of selfies to check
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 why | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 why | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 why | cop |
| 5 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 take | nsubj |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 take | aux |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 why | advcl:relcl |
| 9 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 take | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 selfies | case |
| 11 | selfies | selfy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 lots | nmod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 check | mark |
| 13 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 take | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | why property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | should | she | lots of selfies | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | ||||
| 3 | check | to-infinitive | she not said here | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, because cameras make everyone look worse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 make | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 4 | cameras | camera | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | nsubj |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 make | xcomp |
| 8 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 look | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | cameras | everyone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look | infinitive | everyone not said here | bad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A bad photo is one odd angle and moment, not her real face
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 photo | det |
| 2 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 photo | amod |
| 3 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 angle | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 angle | cop |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 angle | nummod |
| 6 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 angle | amod |
| 7 | angle | angle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 moment | cc |
| 9 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 angle | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 face | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 face | advmod |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 face | nmod:poss |
| 13 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 face | amod |
| 14 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 angle | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a bad photo | one odd angle and moment and her real face | tree rules |
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