Test 7 · ★★ · Fights, racism and being a bystander
Lucy thinks, "Whatever I do, I'm in trouble, she hates me." What would probably make it worse?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lucy · What happens: think, do, be, hate, make · To what, where: Whatever, trouble, Lucy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Lucy thinks, "Whatever I do, I'm in trouble, she hates me."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy | Lucy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Whatever | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Whatever | punct |
| 5 | Whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 thinks | obl |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 do | nsubj |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Whatever | acl:relcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 trouble | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 trouble | nsubj |
| 10 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 trouble | cop |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 trouble | case |
| 12 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 hates | punct |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 hates | nsubj |
| 15 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 thinks | conj |
| 16 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 hates | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 hates | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 hates | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | Lucy | Whatever | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | do in a quote | present | Lucy | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Lucy | trouble | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | hate in a quote | present | Lucy | Lucy | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=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: What would probably make it worse?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 make | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | aux |
| 3 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 4 make | advmod |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 make | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | would | trouble | bad, probably property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary it=Product |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Talking to another teacher she trusts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 trusts | csubj |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 teacher | case |
| 3 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 teacher | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Talking | obl |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 trusts | nsubj |
| 6 | trusts | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | gerund | to another teacher | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to teacher=Co-Agent | |||||
| 2 | trust | present | teacher | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Being rude back to the teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 rude | cop |
| 2 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 back | csubj |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 teacher | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 teacher | det |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 back | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | rude property | tree rules |
Option 3
Telling her mum how she feels
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 feels | csubj |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | iobj |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 feels | advmod |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 feels | nsubj |
| 6 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | her mum | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | feel | present | she | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Asking the teacher what she can improve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Asking | obj |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 improve | obj |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 improve | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 improve | aux |
| 7 | improve | improve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Asking | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | the teacher | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | improve | can | teacher | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
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