Test 8 · Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel
In a cartoon, a character with a stammer is always the joke. What's the real-life lesson?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: character, life lesson · What happens: be · To what, where: joke, cartoon
This is test 8 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: In a cartoon, a character with a stammer is always the joke.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 joke | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 character | det |
| 6 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 joke | nsubj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 stammer | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 stammer | det |
| 9 | stammer | stammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 character | nmod |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 joke | cop |
| 11 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 13 joke | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 joke | det |
| 13 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 joke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a character with a stammer | the joke | a cartoon | always 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's the real-life lesson?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lesson | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 real | punct |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lesson | compound |
| 7 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the life lesson | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
People with a stammer need time, not laughter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 need | nsubj |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 stammer | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 stammer | det |
| 4 | stammer | stammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 People | nmod |
| 5 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 need | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 laughter | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 laughter | advmod |
| 9 | laughter | laughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 time | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | People with a stammer | time | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 2
People who stammer should stop talking altogether
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 stammer | nsubj |
| 3 | stammer | stammer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 People | acl:relcl |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stop | aux |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 stop | xcomp |
| 7 | altogether | altogether | ADV | _ | 6 talking | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stammer speech: other | present | People | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | stop | should | People | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | talk | gerund | People not said here | altogether property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Stammering is always funny and harmless to mock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stammering | stammering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 funny | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 funny | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 funny | advmod |
| 4 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 harmless | cc |
| 6 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 funny | conj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 mock | mark |
| 8 | mock | mock | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 harmless | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Stammering | always, funny property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Stammering not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | mock | to-infinitive | Stammering not said here | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
People who stammer don't mind being laughed at
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 mind | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 stammer | nsubj |
| 3 | stammer | stammer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 People | acl:relcl |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 mind | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 mind | advmod |
| 6 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 laughed | aux:pass |
| 8 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 mind | xcomp |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 laughed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stammer speech: other | present | People | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not mind | do-support | People | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | laugh | gerund · passive | People not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V» |
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