Test 4 · Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel
Aisha's friends say, "we didn't even notice, sorry!" What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: friends, we, this · What happens: say, not notice, show · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 21 «Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel» 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: Aisha's friends say, "we didn't even notice, sorry!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aisha | Aisha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friends | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Aisha | case |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 notice | punct |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 notice | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 notice | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 notice | advmod |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 11 notice | advmod |
| 11 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 say | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sorry | punct |
| 13 | sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 11 notice | discourse |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 13 sorry | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 sorry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | Aisha's friends | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not notice in a quote | past · do-support | we | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 does this show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | this | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
She should never have told them how she felt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 told | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 told | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 told | advmod |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 told | aux |
| 5 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 told | iobj |
| 7 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 felt | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 felt | nsubj |
| 9 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 told | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert | should · perfect | She | them = they | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | feel | past | she | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Her friends were lying and had planned it all along
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friends | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lying | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lying | aux |
| 4 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 planned | cc |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 planned | aux |
| 7 | planned | plan | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 lying | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 planned | obj |
| 9 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 along | advmod |
| 10 | along | along | ADV | _ | 7 planned | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past · progressive | Her friends | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | plan | past · perfect | Her friends not said here | it | along property | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Talking about it often fixes it because others hadn't noticed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 fixes | csubj |
| 2 | about | about | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Talking | obl |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 fixes | advmod |
| 5 | fixes | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fixes | obj |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 noticed | mark |
| 8 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 noticed | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 noticed | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 noticed | advmod |
| 11 | noticed | notice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 fixes | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | gerund | about it | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | |||||
| 2 | fix | present | Talking | it | often property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 3 | not notice | past · perfect | others | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Friends always notice when someone feels left out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 notice | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 notice | advmod |
| 3 | notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 feels | mark |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 feels | nsubj |
| 6 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 notice | advcl |
| 7 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 feels | xcomp |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 left | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | present | Friends | always property | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | someone | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | leave out | participle | someone not said here | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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