Test 9 · ★ · Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up
Noah's thinking, "nobody cares, I'm never going swimming again, ever." What actually changed things?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: thinking, I, Noah · What happens: care, not go, swim, think, change · To what, where: things · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 19 «Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up» 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: Noah's thinking, "nobody cares, I'm never going swimming again, ever."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 thinking | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Noah | case |
| 3 | thinking | thinking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cares | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 thinking | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 cares | punct |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 cares | nsubj |
| 7 | cares | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 going | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 going | nsubj |
| 10 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 going | aux |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 going | advmod |
| 12 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 cares | ccomp |
| 13 | swimming | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 going | xcomp |
| 14 | again | again | ADV | _ | 13 swimming | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 ever | punct |
| 16 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 12 going | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 going | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 cares | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care in a quote | present | Noah's thinking | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | not go in a quote | present · progressive | I | ever | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | swim in a quote | gerund | I not said here | again | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | think | Noah | nom thinking «cognition transitive»: poss=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 actually changed things?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 changed | nsubj |
| 2 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 3 changed | advmod |
| 3 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 changed | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 changed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | past | things | actually property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Learning how to push bigger kids under the water before they push him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Learning | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 push | nsubj |
| 2 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 push | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 push | mark |
| 4 | push | push | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 kids | amod |
| 6 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 push | obj |
| 7 | under | under | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 water | det |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 push | obl |
| 10 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 12 push | mark |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 push | nsubj |
| 12 | push | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 push | advcl |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 push | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | gerund | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | push | to-infinitive | bigger kids | the water | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent kid=Theme under water=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | push | present | kids = kid | him = he | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Going back with Dad and telling the lifeguard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Going | advmod |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 Dad | case |
| 4 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Going | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 telling | cc |
| 6 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Going | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lifeguard | det |
| 8 | lifeguard | lifeguard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 telling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | gerund | with Dad | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | gerund | the lifeguard | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lifeguard=Recipient |
Option 3
Swimming in a different pool alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swimming | swim | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 pool | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 pool | det |
| 4 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pool | amod |
| 5 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Swimming | obl |
| 6 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 1 Swimming | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim | gerund | a different pool | alone property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pool=Trajectory |
Option 4
Staying home every swimming day for a year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Staying | advmod |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 day | det |
| 4 | swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 day | compound |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Staying | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 year | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 year | det |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Staying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | gerund | day; year | home property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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