Test 9 · ★★ · When nobody sits with you: making friends again
Lucas thinks, "I'm sat here like a granny while everyone splashes." What's the true thing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lucas, everyone, true thing · What happens: think, be, splash · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Lucas thinks, "I'm sat here like a granny while everyone splashes."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas | Lucas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 here | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 here | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 here | nsubj |
| 6 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 here | cop |
| 7 | sat | sat | ADV | _ | 8 here | advmod |
| 8 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 granny | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 granny | det |
| 11 | granny | granny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 here | obl |
| 12 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 14 splashes | mark |
| 13 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 14 splashes | nsubj |
| 14 | splashes | splash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 thinks | advcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 thinks | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 thinks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | Lucas | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Lucas | like a granny; here, sat property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | splash in a quote | present | everyone | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
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 true thing?
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 | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the true thing | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He should jump in to prove himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 jump | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 jump | aux |
| 3 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADV | _ | 3 jump | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 prove | mark |
| 6 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 jump | advcl |
| 7 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 prove | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump in | should | He | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | prove | to-infinitive | He not said here | himself = he | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Swimming can be learned at any age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 learned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 learned | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 learned | aux:pass |
| 4 | learned | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 age | case |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 age | det |
| 7 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 learned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | can · passive | Swimming | at any age | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 3
Only grannies sit out at pool parties
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 grannies | advmod |
| 2 | grannies | grannie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sit | nsubj |
| 3 | sit | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 sit | compound:prt |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 parties | case |
| 6 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 parties | compound |
| 7 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit out | present | grannies | pool parties | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at party=Location |
Option 4
If you can't swim at nine, you never will
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 swim | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 swim | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 swim | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 swim | advmod |
| 5 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 will | advcl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 nine | case |
| 7 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 swim | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 swim | punct |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 will | nsubj |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 will | advmod |
| 11 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not swim | can | you | nine | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at nine=Trajectory |
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