Test 6 · ★ · Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean Lass from Leeds says Grace "looked proper mardy after that award." ("Mardy" means sulky, grumpy.) Why might Grace be grumpy after winning?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lass, Grace, Mardy · What happens: say, look, mean, be, win · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Lass from Leeds says Grace "looked proper mardy after that award."
nsubj case nmod nsubj punct ccomp advmod xcomp case det obl punct punct root Lass NOUN from ADP Leeds PROPN says VERB Grace PROPN " PUNCT looked VERB proper ADV mardy ADJ after ADP that DET award NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lass lass NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 2 from from ADP _ 3 Leeds case 3 Leeds Leeds PROPN Number=Sing 1 Lass nmod 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 Grace Grace PROPN Number=Sing 7 looked nsubj 6 " " PUNCT _ 7 looked punct 7 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 says ccomp 8 proper properly ADV _ 9 mardy advmod 9 mardy mardy ADJ Degree=Pos 7 looked xcomp 10 after after ADP _ 12 award case 11 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 12 award det 12 award award NOUN Number=Sing 7 looked obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Lass from Leeds vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 look in a quote past Grace after that award mardy property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: 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: ("Mardy" means sulky, grumpy.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Mardy PROPN " PUNCT means VERB sulky ADJ , PUNCT grumpy ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Mardy punct 3 Mardy Mardy PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Mardy punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 sulky sulky ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 grumpy punct 8 grumpy grumpy ADJ Degree=Pos 6 sulky conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Mardy sulky property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Why might Grace be grumpy after winning?
advmod aux nsubj cop mark advcl punct root Why ADV might AUX Grace PROPN be AUX grumpy ADJ after SCONJ winning VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 5 grumpy advmod 2 might might AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 grumpy aux 3 Grace Grace PROPN Number=Sing 5 grumpy nsubj 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 grumpy cop 5 grumpy grumpy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 after after SCONJ _ 7 winning mark 7 winning win VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 grumpy advcl 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 grumpy punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is might Grace grumpy property tree rules 2 win gerund Grace not said here vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer She felt like a fraud because she hadn't done the reading
nsubj case det obl mark nsubj aux advmod advcl det obj root She PRON felt VERB like ADP a DET fraud NOUN because SCONJ she PRON had AUX n't PART done VERB the DET reading NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 felt nsubj 2 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 like like ADP _ 5 fraud case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 fraud det 5 fraud fraud NOUN Number=Sing 2 felt obl 6 because because SCONJ _ 10 done mark 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 done nsubj 8 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 done aux 9 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 10 done advmod 10 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 2 felt advcl 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 reading det 12 reading reading NOUN Number=Sing 10 done obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feel past She like a fraud vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like fraud=Theme 2 not do past · perfect she the reading vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reading=Eventuality
Option 2 She thinks reading every night is a waste of time
nsubj csubj det obl:unmarked cop det ccomp case nmod root She PRON thinks VERB reading VERB every DET night NOUN is AUX a DET waste NOUN of ADP time NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 thinks nsubj 2 thinks think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 reading read VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 waste csubj 4 every every DET PronType=Tot 5 night det 5 night night NOUN Number=Sing 3 reading obl:unmarked 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 waste cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 waste det 8 waste waste NOUN Number=Sing 2 thinks ccomp 9 of of ADP _ 10 time case 10 time time NOUN Number=Sing 8 waste nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other present She vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 read gerund night vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is a present reading a waste time tree rules
Option 3 She wanted a bigger trophy instead of a certificate
nsubj det amod obj case fixed det obl root She PRON wanted VERB a DET bigger ADJ trophy NOUN instead ADV of ADP a DET certificate NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 wanted nsubj 2 wanted want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 trophy det 4 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 trophy amod 5 trophy trophy NOUN Number=Sing 2 wanted obj 6 instead instead ADV ExtPos=ADP 9 certificate case 7 of of ADP _ 6 instead fixed 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 certificate det 9 certificate certificate NOUN Number=Sing 2 wanted obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want past She a bigger trophy instead a certificate vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot trophy=Theme
Option 4 She hates assemblies and everyone clapping at her
nsubj obj cc conj acl case obl root She PRON hates VERB assemblies NOUN and CCONJ everyone PRON clapping VERB at ADP her PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 hates nsubj 2 hates hate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 assemblies assembly NOUN Number=Plur 2 hates obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 everyone cc 5 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 3 assemblies conj 6 clapping clap VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 assemblies acl 7 at at ADP _ 8 her case 8 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 clapping obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hate present She assemblies vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer assembly=Stimulus 2 clap gerund assemblies not said here at her = she vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at she=Location
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