Test 2 · When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big…
Ryan's aunt says, "Don't you worry about it, love," and won't say more. What would help Ryan more?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunt, you · What happens: say, do, not worry, not say, help · To what, where: more, Ryan · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 14 «When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big changes» 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: Ryan's aunt says, "Don't you worry about it, love," and won't say more.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan | Ryan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ryan | case |
| 3 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Do | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Do | punct |
| 7 | Do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 worry | advmod |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 worry | nsubj |
| 10 | worry | worry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 Do | advcl |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 worry | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 love | punct |
| 14 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Do | vocative |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Do | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Do | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 say | cc |
| 18 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 say | aux |
| 19 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 say | advmod |
| 20 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | conj |
| 21 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 20 say | obj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ryan's aunt | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | infinitive | love vocative | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not worry in a quote | present | you | about it | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | not say speech: assert | future | Ryan's aunt not said here | more | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic |
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 would help Ryan more?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | Ryan | Ryan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 help | obj |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 Ryan | amod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | Ryan | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ryan=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Never asking any more questions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 asking | advmod |
| 2 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | any | any | ADV | _ | 4 more | advmod |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 questions | amod |
| 5 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 asking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | gerund | more questions | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |
Option 2
Guessing what's happening on his own
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guessing | guess | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 happening | nsubj |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happening | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 happening | aux |
| 4 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 own | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 own | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 happening | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guess | gerund | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | happen | present · progressive | his own | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on own=Location |
Option 3
Searching online for scary hospital stories
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Searching | search | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | online | online | ADV | _ | 1 Searching | advmod |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 stories | case |
| 4 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 stories | amod |
| 5 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stories | compound |
| 6 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Searching | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | search | gerund | for scary hospital stories; online property | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for story=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Honest answers he can understand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 answers | amod |
| 2 | answers | answer | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 understand | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 understand | aux |
| 5 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 answers | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | understand | can | he | Honest answers not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus |
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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