Test 9 · I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark

Jess thinks: "Maybe I'm just bad at writing." What did asking her teacher show?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jess · What happens: think, be, ask, show · To what, where: writing, teacher show · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 of lesson 24 «I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark» 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: Jess thinks: "Maybe I'm just bad at writing."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jess	Jess	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 bad	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 bad	punct
5	Maybe	maybe	ADV	_	9 bad	advmod
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 bad	nsubj
7	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 bad	cop
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 bad	advmod
9	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinks	ccomp
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 writing	case
11	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bad	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 bad	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Jess						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Jess			writing		bad, maybe 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: What did asking her teacher show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 asking	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asking	aux
3	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 show	nmod:poss
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 show	compound
6	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asking	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 asking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · do-support		Jess's teacher show					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent show=Recipient
2	show		Jess						nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

She really is bad at writing and should stop trying to write stories

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bad	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 bad	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bad	cop
4	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 writing	case
6	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bad	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stop	cc
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 stop	aux
9	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 bad	conj
10	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 stop	xcomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 write	mark
12	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 trying	xcomp
13	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 write	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	She		writing	bad property	tree rules
2	stop	should	She not said here				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	try	gerund	She not said here				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	write not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	stories			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme

Option 2

The mark was given by mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mark	det
2	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 mistake	case
6	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive	mistake	the mark					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The story could be improved, and the rewrite got a better mark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 story	det
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 improved	nsubj:pass
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 improved	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 improved	aux:pass
5	improved	improve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 got	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rewrite	det
9	rewrite	rewrite	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 improved	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mark	det
12	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 mark	amod
13	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	could · passive		the story					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	get	past	the rewrite	a better mark					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Teachers never explain marks to pupils

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 explain	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 explain	advmod
3	explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 explain	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 pupils	case
6	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 explain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not explain speech: assert	present	Teachers	marks	pupils				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent mark=Topic to pupil=Recipient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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