Test 8 · ★ · Things I'm ashamed of: crowds, cruelty and coming clean Lucy's big sister snaps, "over CHOCOLATE? that's proper low." ("Low" here means mean, shabby.) What would fix it best?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big sister, that, Low · What happens: snap, be, mean, fix · To what, where: CHOCOLATE, Low · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Lucy's big sister snaps, "over CHOCOLATE? that's proper low."
nmod:poss case amod nsubj punct punct case obl punct nsubj cop amod parataxis punct punct root Lucy PROPN 's PART big ADJ sister NOUN snaps VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT over ADP CHOCOLATE NOUN ? PUNCT that PRON 's AUX proper ADJ low ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lucy Lucy PROPN Number=Sing 4 sister nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Lucy case 3 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 4 sister amod 4 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 5 snaps nsubj 5 snaps snap VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 snaps punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 5 snaps punct 8 over over ADP _ 9 CHOCOLATE case 9 CHOCOLATE chocolate NOUN Number=Sing 5 snaps obl 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 14 low punct 11 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 14 low nsubj 12 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 low cop 13 proper proper ADJ Degree=Pos 14 low amod 14 low low ADJ Degree=Pos 5 snaps parataxis 15 . . PUNCT _ 14 low punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 5 snaps punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 snap present Lucy's big sister CHOCOLATE vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 is in a quote present that low property tree rules
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: ("Low" here means mean, shabby.)
punct punct nsubj punct advmod xcomp punct conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Low ADJ " PUNCT here ADV means VERB mean ADJ , PUNCT shabby ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Low punct 3 Low low ADJ Degree=Pos 6 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Low punct 5 here here ADV PronType=Dem 3 Low advmod 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 mean mean ADJ Degree=Pos 6 means xcomp 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 shabby punct 9 shabby shabby ADJ Degree=Pos 7 mean conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Low mean property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What would fix it best?
obj aux obj obj punct root What PRON would AUX fix VERB it PRON best ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 fix obj 2 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 fix aux 3 fix fix VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 fix obj 5 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 3 fix obj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 fix punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fix would Low tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Eating the rest so there is nothing to argue about
csubj det obj advmod expl cop mark acl obl root Eating VERB the DET rest NOUN so ADV there PRON is AUX nothing PRON to PART argue VERB about ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Eating eat VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 nothing csubj 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 rest det 3 rest rest NOUN Number=Sing 1 Eating obj 4 so so ADV _ 6 is advmod 5 there there PRON PronType=Dem 6 is expl 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 nothing cop 7 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg root root 8 to to PART _ 9 argue mark 9 argue argue VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 nothing acl 10 about about ADP _ 9 argue obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 eat gerund the rest vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient 2 is a present Eating nothing tree rules 3 argue speech: disagree to-infinitive vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer A real sorry and replacing the chocolates
det amod cc conj det obj root A DET real ADJ sorry ADJ and CCONJ replacing VERB the DET chocolates NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 sorry det 2 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sorry amod 3 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 replacing cc 5 replacing replace VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 sorry conj 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 chocolates det 7 chocolates chocolate NOUN Number=Plur 5 replacing obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 replace gerund the chocolates vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chocolate=Co-Theme
Option 3 Saying sorry but still pretending it wasn't her
csubj obj cc advmod conj obj cop advmod root Saying VERB sorry ADJ but CCONJ still ADV pretending VERB it PRON was AUX n't PART her PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 her csubj 2 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Saying obj 3 but but CCONJ _ 5 pretending cc 4 still still ADV _ 5 pretending advmod 5 pretending pretend VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Saying conj 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 pretending obj 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 her cop 8 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 9 her advmod 9 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert gerund sorry vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic 2 pretend gerund it still tree rules 3 not is a past Saying her = she tree rules
Option 4 Staying quiet for three more days until it blows over
csubj xcomp case nummod amod obl mark nsubj advmod root Staying VERB quiet ADJ for ADP three NUM more ADJ days NOUN until SCONJ it PRON blows VERB over ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Staying stay VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 blows csubj 2 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Staying xcomp 3 for for ADP _ 6 days case 4 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 days nummod 5 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 days amod 6 days day NOUN Number=Plur 1 Staying obl 7 until until SCONJ _ 9 blows mark 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 blows nsubj 9 blows blow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 over over ADV _ 9 blows advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay gerund day quiet property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 blow over present it over property vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
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