Test 3 · When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big…
In a cartoon, a dad smashes plates when angry and everyone laughs. What's the truth in real life?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, everyone, truth · What happens: smash, laugh, be · To what, where: plates, cartoon
This is test 3 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: In a cartoon, a dad smashes plates when angry and everyone laughs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 smashes | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dad | det |
| 6 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 smashes | nsubj |
| 7 | smashes | smash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 smashes | obj |
| 9 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 10 angry | mark |
| 10 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 smashes | advcl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 laughs | cc |
| 12 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 13 laughs | nsubj |
| 13 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 smashes | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 smashes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smash | present | a dad | plates | a cartoon | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent plate=Theme in cartoon=Destination | |||
| 2 | laugh | present | everyone | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 in real life?
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 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 life | amod |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 truth | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth in real life | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Throwing things is scary, not okay; tell a trusted adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throwing | throw | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 scary | csubj |
| 2 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Throwing | obj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 scary | cop |
| 4 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 okay | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 okay | advmod |
| 7 | okay | okay | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 scary | conj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 tell | punct |
| 9 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 scary | parataxis |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 adult | det |
| 11 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 adult | amod |
| 12 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | gerund | things | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Throwing | scary property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not be | Throwing not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | a trusted adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | |||||
| 5 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Smashing plates is how grown-ups calm down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smashing | smash | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 calm | csubj |
| 2 | plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Smashing | obj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 calm | cop |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 calm | advmod |
| 5 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 ups | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 grown | punct |
| 7 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 calm | nsubj |
| 8 | calm | calm | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | down | down | ADP | _ | 8 calm | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smash | gerund | plates | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Theme | |||||
| 2 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | grown ups | calm property | tree rules |
Option 3
It's funny and harmless in every family, just like in the cartoon
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 | 3 funny | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 funny | cop |
| 3 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 harmless | cc |
| 5 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 funny | conj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 family | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 family | det |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 harmless | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 cartoon | punct |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 cartoon | advmod |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 cartoon | case |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 cartoon | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 cartoon | det |
| 14 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 funny | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | funny property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | every family | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Children should copy it when they are angry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 copy | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 copy | aux |
| 3 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 copy | obj |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 angry | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 angry | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 angry | cop |
| 8 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 copy | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | should | Children | it | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Children = child | angry property | tree rules |
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