Test 6 · ★★ · Fights, racism and being a bystander Ben's mates go, "don't be a wuss, just smack him, he's sus anyway." ("Sus" means suspicious, dodgy.) What does Ben wish he'd done?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mates, Ben, Sus · What happens: go, do, not be, smack, be, mean · To what, where: wuss, Ben · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Fights, racism and being a bystander» 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: Ben's mates go, "don't be a wuss, just smack him, he's sus anyway."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct conj advmod cop det obl punct advmod parataxis obj punct nsubj cop parataxis advmod punct punct root Ben PROPN 's PART mates NOUN go VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT do VERB n't PART be AUX a DET wuss NOUN , PUNCT just ADV smack VERB him PRON , PUNCT he PRON 's AUX sus ADJ anyway ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 3 mates nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ben case 3 mates mate NOUN Number=Plur 4 go nsubj 4 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 go punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 7 do punct 7 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 go conj 8 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 11 wuss advmod 9 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 wuss cop 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 wuss det 11 wuss wuss NOUN Number=Sing 7 do obl 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 smack punct 13 just just ADV _ 14 smack advmod 14 smack smack VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 4 go parataxis 15 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 smack obj 16 , , PUNCT _ 19 sus punct 17 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 sus nsubj 18 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 sus cop 19 sus suspect ADJ Degree=Pos 14 smack parataxis 20 anyway anyway ADV _ 19 sus advmod 21 . . PUNCT _ 4 go punct 22 " " PUNCT _ 4 go punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Ben's mates vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 do in a quote infinitive Ben's mates not said here vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 not is a in a quote infinitive a wuss tree rules 4 smack in a quote infinitive Ben vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient 5 is in a quote present Ben anyway, suspect 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: ("Sus" means suspicious, dodgy.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Sus NOUN " PUNCT means VERB suspicious ADJ , PUNCT dodgy ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Sus punct 3 Sus sus NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Sus punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 suspicious suspicious ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 dodgy punct 8 dodgy dodgy ADJ Degree=Pos 6 suspicious 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 Sus suspicious property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What does Ben wish he'd done?
obj aux nsubj nsubj aux ccomp punct root What PRON does AUX Ben PROPN wish VERB he PRON 'd AUX done VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 wish obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 wish aux 3 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 4 wish nsubj 4 wish wish VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 done nsubj 6 'd have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 done aux 7 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 4 wish ccomp 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 wish punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wish present · do-support Ben tree rules 2 do past · perfect Ben vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Hit him harder so the fight ended quicker
obj advmod mark det nsubj advcl advmod root Hit VERB him PRON harder ADV so SCONJ the DET fight NOUN ended VERB quicker ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hit hit VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Hit obj 3 harder hard ADV Degree=Cmp 1 Hit advmod 4 so so SCONJ _ 7 ended mark 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 fight det 6 fight fight NOUN Number=Sing 7 ended nsubj 7 ended end VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Hit advcl 8 quicker quick ADV Degree=Cmp 7 ended advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hit imperative you not said here him = he hard property vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme 2 end past the fight quick property vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Option 2 Waited until after school to do it
case case obl mark advcl obj root Waited VERB until ADP after ADP school NOUN to PART do VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Waited wait VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 until until ADP _ 4 school case 3 after after ADP _ 4 school case 4 school school NOUN Number=Sing 1 Waited obl 5 to to PART _ 6 do mark 6 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Waited advcl 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 do obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait past until school vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 do to-infinitive school vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
Option 3 Asked his mates to go and fight the boy for him instead of doing it himself
The tree, 16 words nmod:poss obj mark xcomp cc conj det obj case obl mark fixed advcl obj obl root Asked VERB his PRON mates NOUN to PART go VERB and CCONJ fight VERB the DET boy NOUN for ADP him PRON instead ADV of ADP doing VERB it PRON himself PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 mates nmod:poss 3 mates mate NOUN Number=Plur 1 Asked obj 4 to to PART _ 5 go mark 5 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Asked xcomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 fight cc 7 fight fight VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 go conj 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 boy det 9 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 7 fight obj 10 for for ADP _ 11 him case 11 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 fight obl 12 instead instead ADV ExtPos=SCONJ 14 doing mark 13 of of ADP _ 12 instead fixed 14 doing do VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 fight advcl 15 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 doing obj 16 himself himself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 14 doing obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask past his mates vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent mate=Recipient clause=Topic 2 go not said to happen to-infinitive his mates not said here vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 fight infinitive his mates not said here the boy for boy vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Co-Agent 4 do gerund his mates not said here it boy obl vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Said no, because the boy never did anything to him
obj punct mark det nsubj advmod parataxis obj case obl root Said VERB no INTJ , PUNCT because SCONJ the DET boy NOUN never ADV did VERB anything PRON to ADP him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 no no INTJ Polarity=Neg 1 Said obj 3 , , PUNCT _ 8 did punct 4 because because SCONJ _ 8 did mark 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 boy det 6 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 8 did nsubj 7 never never ADV PronType=Neg 8 did advmod 8 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Said parataxis 9 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 8 did obj 10 to to ADP _ 11 him case 11 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 did obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic 2 not do past the boy anything him = he vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality
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