Test 5 · ★ · Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean Mo's friend is angry with him at first for telling. A few weeks later the friend says thanks. What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, this · What happens: be, tell, say, show · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 16 «Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean» 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: Mo's friend is angry with him at first for telling.
nmod:poss case nsubj cop case obl case obl mark advcl punct root Mo PROPN 's PART friend NOUN is AUX angry ADJ with ADP him PRON at ADP first ADV for SCONJ telling VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mo Mo PROPN Number=Sing 3 friend nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Mo case 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 5 angry nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 angry cop 5 angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 with with ADP _ 7 him case 7 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 angry obl 8 at at ADP _ 9 first case 9 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 5 angry obl 10 for for SCONJ _ 11 telling mark 11 telling tell VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 angry advcl 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 angry punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Mo's friend with Mo; angry property tree rules 2 tell speech: assert gerund Mo's friend not said here vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «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: A few weeks later the friend says thanks.
det amod obl:unmarked advmod det nsubj nsubj punct root A DET few ADJ weeks NOUN later ADV the DET friend NOUN says VERB thanks NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 weeks det 2 few few ADJ Degree=Pos 3 weeks amod 3 weeks week NOUN Number=Plur 4 later obl:unmarked 4 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 7 says advmod 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 friend det 6 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 7 says nsubj 7 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 thanks thanks NOUN Number=Sing 7 says nsubj 9 . . PUNCT _ 7 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present the friend late property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What does this show?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX this PRON show VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 show obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 show aux 3 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 show nsubj 4 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 show punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present · do-support this vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Friends always stay angry forever after you tell anybody anything they said
nsubj advmod xcomp advmod mark nsubj advcl compound obj nsubj acl:relcl root Friends NOUN always ADV stay VERB angry ADJ forever ADV after SCONJ you PRON tell VERB anybody PRON anything PRON they PRON said VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Friends friend NOUN Number=Plur 3 stay nsubj 2 always always ADV PronType=Tot 3 stay advmod 3 stay stay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos 3 stay xcomp 5 forever forever ADV _ 3 stay advmod 6 after after SCONJ _ 8 tell mark 7 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 tell nsubj 8 tell tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 stay advcl 9 anybody anybody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 10 anything compound 10 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 8 tell obj 11 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 said nsubj 12 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 anything acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay present Friends always, angry, forever property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 tell speech: assert present you anything vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Recipient 3 say speech: assert past Friends = friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Mo should have told the whole class, not just a teacher
nsubj aux aux det amod iobj punct advmod advmod det obl root Mo PROPN should AUX have AUX told VERB the DET whole ADJ class NOUN , PUNCT not PART just ADV a DET teacher NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mo Mo PROPN Number=Sing 4 told nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 told aux 3 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 told aux 4 told tell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 class det 6 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 7 class amod 7 class class NOUN Number=Sing 4 told iobj 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 teacher punct 9 not not PART Polarity=Neg 12 teacher advmod 10 just just ADV _ 12 teacher advmod 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 teacher det 12 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 4 told obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert should · perfect Mo a teacher the whole class vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Telling an unsafe secret can be right even if a friend is upset at first
The tree, 15 words csubj det amod obj aux cop advmod mark det nsubj cop advcl case obl root Telling VERB an DET unsafe ADJ secret NOUN can AUX be AUX right ADJ even ADV if SCONJ a DET friend NOUN is AUX upset ADJ at ADP first ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Telling tell VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 right csubj 2 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 secret det 3 unsafe unsafe ADJ Degree=Pos 4 secret amod 4 secret secret NOUN Number=Sing 1 Telling obj 5 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 right aux 6 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 right cop 7 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 even even ADV _ 13 upset advmod 9 if if SCONJ _ 13 upset mark 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 friend det 11 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 13 upset nsubj 12 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 upset cop 13 upset upset ADJ Degree=Pos 7 right advcl 14 at at ADP _ 15 first case 15 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 13 upset obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert gerund a unsafe secret vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Recipient 2 is can Telling right property tree rules 3 is a condition, not said to happen present a friend upset property tree rules
Option 4 His friend was never really being hurt in the first place
nmod:poss nsubj aux:pass advmod advmod aux:pass case det amod obl root His PRON friend NOUN was AUX never ADV really ADV being AUX hurt VERB in ADP the DET first ADJ place NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 friend nmod:poss 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 7 hurt nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 hurt aux:pass 4 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 hurt advmod 5 really really ADV _ 7 hurt advmod 6 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 hurt aux:pass 7 hurt hurt VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 in in ADP _ 11 place case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 place det 10 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 11 place amod 11 place place NOUN Number=Sing 7 hurt obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not hurt past · passive His friend the first place vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
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