Test 5 · ★ · Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too…
Archie says, "I don't care about being picked last, it's whatever." Is that true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Archie, it, that · What happens: say, not care, pick, be · To what, where: whatever · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 22 «Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too much» 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: Archie says, "I don't care about being picked last, it's whatever."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Archie | Archie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 care | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 care | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 care | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 care | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 care | advmod |
| 8 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 11 picked | mark |
| 10 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 picked | aux:pass |
| 11 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 care | advcl |
| 12 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 picked | xcomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 whatever | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 whatever | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 whatever | cop |
| 16 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 says | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 whatever | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 whatever | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Archie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not care in a quote | present · do-support | Archie | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | pick in a quote | gerund · passive | Archie not said here | last property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V» | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | it | whatever | 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: Is that true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 true | nsubj |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes; being picked last is an honour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 picked | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 picked | aux:pass |
| 4 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 honour | csubj |
| 5 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 picked | xcomp |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 honour | cop |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 honour | det |
| 8 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | gerund · passive | last property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V» | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | a honour | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes; nobody minds being picked last
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 picked | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 minds | punct |
| 3 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 minds | nsubj |
| 4 | minds | mind | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 picked | aux:pass |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 picked | aux:pass |
| 6 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 picked | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | present · passive | last property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V» |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Probably not; pretending not to care often hides hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Probably | probably | ADV | _ | 4 pretending | advmod |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 pretending | advmod |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 pretending | punct |
| 4 | pretending | pretend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 care | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 care | mark |
| 7 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 pretending | xcomp |
| 8 | often | often | ADV | _ | 9 hides | advmod |
| 9 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pretending | advcl |
| 10 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 hides | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not pretend | gerund | probably property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not care | to-infinitive | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | hide | present | often property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | hurt | participle | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
No; he secretly wants to be picked first every time and be captain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 wants | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 wants | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wants | nsubj |
| 4 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 5 wants | advmod |
| 5 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 picked | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 picked | aux:pass |
| 8 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 wants | xcomp |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 picked | advmod |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 time | det |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 picked | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 captain | cc |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 captain | cop |
| 14 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 picked | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | he | secretly property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pick not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | he not said here | time | first property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V» | |||
| 3 | is a | infinitive | he not said here | captain | tree rules |
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