Test 8 · The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape
Grace thinks, "I didn't think it was that bad." What made her change?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grace, it · What happens: think, not think, be, make, change · To what, where: change · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 18 «The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape» 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: Grace thinks, "I didn't think it was that bad."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 think | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 think | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 think | nsubj |
| 6 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 think | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 think | advmod |
| 8 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 bad | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 bad | cop |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 bad | mark |
| 12 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 think | ccomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 think | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | Grace | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not think speech: other in a quote | past · do-support | Grace | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | past | it | bad 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: What made her change?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 change | nmod:poss |
| 4 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Grace's change | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material change=Product | |||||
| 2 | change | Grace | nom change «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1
A teacher shouting at her loudly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shouting | nsubj |
| 3 | shouting | shout | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 shouting | obl |
| 6 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 3 shouting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | gerund | a teacher | at her = she; loudly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The quiet girl hitting her back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 girl | det |
| 2 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 girl | amod |
| 3 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | hitting | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 girl | acl |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 back | nmod:poss |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hitting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | gerund | the quiet girl not said here | girl's back | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme back=Co-Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Seeing how much the girl was hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 hurt | csubj |
| 2 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 much | advmod |
| 3 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 girl | amod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Seeing | obj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 hurt | aux:pass |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | gerund | the much girl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | hurt | past · passive | Seeing | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
Option 4
Getting bored of being mean
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 mean | csubj |
| 2 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Getting | xcomp |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 2 bored | obl |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 mean | cop |
| 5 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | gerund | bored property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | gerund | Getting | mean property | tree rules |
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