Test 6 · ★★ · When nobody sits with you: making friends again Ella lies awake: "They're talking about me. They're gonna ditch me." What's the brain doing?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ella, They, brain · What happens: lie, talk, ditch, do · To what, where: me
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Ella lies awake: "They're talking about me.
nsubj xcomp punct punct nsubj aux advcl case obl punct root Ella PROPN lies VERB awake ADJ : PUNCT " PUNCT They PRON 're AUX talking VERB about ADP me PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ella Ella PROPN Number=Sing 2 lies nsubj 2 lies lie VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 awake awake ADJ Degree=Pos 2 lies xcomp 4 : : PUNCT _ 8 talking punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 talking punct 6 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 talking nsubj 7 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 talking aux 8 talking talk VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 lies advcl 9 about about ADP _ 10 me case 10 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 talking obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 lies punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lie present Ella awake property vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2 talk in a quote present · progressive They about me vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about i=Topic
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: They're gonna ditch me."
nsubj aux mark obj punct punct root They PRON 're AUX gonna PART ditch VERB me PRON . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 ditch nsubj 2 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 ditch aux 3 gonna gonna PART _ 4 ditch mark 4 ditch ditch VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 ditch obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 ditch punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 4 ditch punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ditch present They me tree rules
Sentence 3: What's the brain doing?
obj aux det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET brain NOUN doing VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 doing obj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 doing aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 brain det 4 brain brain NOUN Number=Sing 5 doing nsubj 5 doing do VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 doing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present · progressive the brain vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Predicting the future accurately
det obj advmod root Predicting VERB the DET future NOUN accurately ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Predicting predict VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 future det 3 future future NOUN Number=Sing 1 Predicting obj 4 accurately accurately ADV _ 1 Predicting advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 predict gerund the future accurately property vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot future=Topic
Option 2 Reading her friends' minds correctly and seeing what they really think
nmod:poss nmod:poss case obj advmod cc conj obj nsubj advmod ccomp root Reading VERB her PRON friends NOUN ' PART minds NOUN correctly ADV and CCONJ seeing VERB what PRON they PRON really ADV think VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Reading read VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 friends nmod:poss 3 friends friend NOUN Number=Plur 5 minds nmod:poss 4 ' 's PART _ 3 friends case 5 minds mind NOUN Number=Plur 1 Reading obj 6 correctly correctly ADV _ 1 Reading advmod 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 seeing cc 8 seeing see VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Reading conj 9 what what PRON PronType=Int 12 think obj 10 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 think nsubj 11 really really ADV _ 12 think advmod 12 think think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 seeing ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 read gerund her friends's minds correctly property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Topic
2 see gerund vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3 think speech: other present minds = mind vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
4 mind her friends nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 Warning her about a real danger
obj case det amod obl root Warning VERB her PRON about ADP a DET real ADJ danger NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Warning warn VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Warning obj 3 about about ADP _ 6 danger case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 danger det 5 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 6 danger amod 6 danger danger NOUN Number=Sing 1 Warning obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 warn speech: warn gerund her = she about a real danger vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient about danger=Topic
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Filling the gap with the worst story because she's worried
det obj case det amod obl mark nsubj cop advcl root Filling VERB the DET gap NOUN with ADP the DET worst ADJ story NOUN because SCONJ she PRON 's AUX worried ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Filling fill VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 gap det 3 gap gap NOUN Number=Sing 1 Filling obj 4 with with ADP _ 7 story case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 story det 6 worst bad ADJ Degree=Sup 7 story amod 7 story story NOUN Number=Sing 1 Filling obl 8 because because SCONJ _ 11 worried mark 9 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 worried nsubj 10 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 worried cop 11 worried worried ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Filling advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fill gerund the gap with the worst story vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gap=Patient with story=Instrument
2 is present she worried property tree rules
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