Test 3 · ★★ · When nobody sits with you: making friends again
Ben tells everyone, "I don't care that my dad's not here." Is that true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ben, dad, that · What happens: tell, not care, not be, be · To what, where: everyone · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When nobody sits with you: making friends again» 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 tells everyone, "I don't care that my dad's not here."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 tells | nsubj |
| 2 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 tells | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 care | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 care | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 care | nsubj |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 care | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 care | advmod |
| 9 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 tells | ccomp |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 here | mark |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 dad | nmod:poss |
| 12 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 here | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 here | cop |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 here | advmod |
| 15 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 care | advcl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 care | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 care | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | Ben | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not care in a quote | present · do-support | Ben | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | not is in a quote | present | my dad | here 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: 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; boys don't miss their dads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 miss | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 miss | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 miss | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 miss | advmod |
| 6 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 dads | nmod:poss |
| 8 | dads | dad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 miss | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not miss | present · do-support | boys | boys's dads | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus |
Option 2
No; he is angry at the other dads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 angry | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 angry | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 angry | cop |
| 5 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 dads | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dads | det |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 dads | amod |
| 9 | dads | dad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 angry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | at the other dads; angry property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes; Ben really doesn't care about his dad being away at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 care | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 care | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 care | advmod |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 care | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 care | advmod |
| 7 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 12 away | mark |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 dad | nmod:poss |
| 10 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 away | nsubj |
| 11 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 away | cop |
| 12 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 care | advcl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 all | case |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 away | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not care | present · do-support | Ben | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | gerund | Ben's dad | all | away property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Probably not; it hides how much he misses him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Probably | probably | ADV | _ | 5 hides | advmod |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 hides | advmod |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 hides | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hides | nsubj |
| 5 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 much | advmod |
| 7 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 misses | obj |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 misses | nsubj |
| 9 | misses | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hides | conj |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 misses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hide | present | it | probably property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | miss | present | he | much | tree rules |
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