Test 8 · ★★ · When nobody sits with you: making friends again Sophie's mate says, "no birthdays? that's lowkey sad." ("Lowkey" means a bit.) What helps both of them?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, that, Lowkey · What happens: say, be, mean, help · To what, where: bit, both · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Sophie's mate says, "no birthdays? that's lowkey sad."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct det ccomp punct nsubj cop amod parataxis punct punct root Sophie PROPN 's PART mate NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT no DET birthdays NOUN ? PUNCT that PRON 's AUX lowkey ADJ sad ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sophie Sophie PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Sophie case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 birthdays punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 birthdays punct 7 no no DET PronType=Neg 8 birthdays det 8 birthdays birthday NOUN Number=Plur 4 says ccomp 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 13 sad punct 10 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 13 sad nsubj 11 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 sad cop 12 lowkey lowkey ADJ Degree=Pos 13 sad amod 13 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 4 says parataxis 14 . . PUNCT _ 13 sad punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 13 sad punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: ask present Sophie's mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 is in a quote present that sad 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: ("Lowkey" means a bit.)
punct punct nsubj punct det obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Lowkey PROPN " PUNCT means VERB a DET bit NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lowkey punct 3 Lowkey Lowkey PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lowkey punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 bit det 7 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Lowkey a bit vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic
Sentence 3: What helps both of them?
nsubj obj case nmod punct root What PRON helps VERB both DET of ADP them PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 helps nsubj 2 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 both both DET PronType=Tot 2 helps obj 4 of of ADP _ 5 them case 5 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 both nmod 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 helps punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help present both vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Beneficiary
The options Option 1 Sophie pretending to have birthdays
nsubj mark xcomp obj root Sophie PROPN pretending VERB to PART have VERB birthdays NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sophie Sophie PROPN Number=Sing 2 pretending nsubj 2 pretending pretend VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 3 to to PART _ 4 have mark 4 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 pretending xcomp 5 birthdays birthday NOUN Number=Plur 4 have obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pretend gerund Sophie tree rules 2 have to-infinitive Sophie not said here birthdays vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Patient
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Avoiding the topic of birthdays forever, so nobody feels awkward
csubj det obj case nmod advmod punct advmod nsubj xcomp root Avoiding VERB the DET topic NOUN of ADP birthdays NOUN forever ADV , PUNCT so ADV nobody PRON feels VERB awkward ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Avoiding avoid VERB VerbForm=Ger 10 feels csubj 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 topic det 3 topic topic NOUN Number=Sing 1 Avoiding obj 4 of of ADP _ 5 birthdays case 5 birthdays birthday NOUN Number=Plur 3 topic nmod 6 forever forever ADV _ 1 Avoiding advmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 feels punct 8 so so ADV _ 10 feels advmod 9 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 10 feels nsubj 10 feels feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 11 awkward awkward ADJ Degree=Pos 10 feels xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 avoid gerund the topic of birthdays forever property vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent topic=Location 2 feel present nobody awkward property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Sophie explaining her family's traditions
nsubj nmod:poss nmod:poss case obj root Sophie PROPN explaining VERB her PRON family NOUN 's PART traditions NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sophie Sophie PROPN Number=Sing 2 explaining nsubj 2 explaining explain VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 family nmod:poss 4 family family NOUN Number=Sing 6 traditions nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 family case 6 traditions tradition NOUN Number=Plur 2 explaining obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 explain speech: assert gerund Sophie Sophie's family's traditions vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tradition=Topic
Option 4 Her mate telling everyone it's weird
nmod:poss nsubj iobj nsubj cop ccomp root Her PRON mate NOUN telling VERB everyone PRON it PRON 's AUX weird ADJ 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 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 3 telling nsubj 3 telling tell VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 3 telling iobj 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 weird nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 weird cop 7 weird weird ADJ Degree=Pos 3 telling ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert gerund Her mate everyone vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient 2 is present mate weird property tree rules
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