Test 11 · ★ · Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped
Leah thinks: "I'm ungrateful for being sad." Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leah · What happens: think, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 25 «Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped» 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: Leah thinks: "I'm ungrateful for being sad."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leah | Leah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 ungrateful | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 ungrateful | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 ungrateful | nsubj |
| 6 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ungrateful | cop |
| 7 | ungrateful | ungrateful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 sad | case |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 sad | cop |
| 10 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ungrateful | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 ungrateful | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 thinks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | Leah | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Leah | ungrateful property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | gerund | 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: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 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 | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She should never feel disappointed about gifts
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 feel | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 feel | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 feel | advmod |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | disappointed | disappointed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 feel | xcomp |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 gifts | case |
| 7 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 disappointed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not feel | should | She | disappointed property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Disappointment and gratefulness can be felt at the same time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disappointment | disappointment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 felt | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 gratefulness | cc |
| 3 | gratefulness | gratefulness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Disappointment | conj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 felt | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 felt | aux:pass |
| 6 | felt | feel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 time | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 time | det |
| 9 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 time | amod |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 felt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | can · passive | Disappointment and gratefulness | time | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Being disappointed with a present means she is ungrateful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 disappointed | cop |
| 2 | disappointed | disappointed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 means | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 present | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 present | det |
| 5 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 disappointed | obl |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 ungrateful | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 ungrateful | cop |
| 9 | ungrateful | ungrateful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | with a present; disappointed property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | disappointed | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | she | ungrateful property | tree rules |
Option 4
Only her parents are allowed to feel disappointed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 allowed | advmod |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 parents | nmod:poss |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 feel | mark |
| 7 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 allowed | xcomp |
| 8 | disappointed | disappointed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feel | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | her parents | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | feel not said to happen | to-infinitive | her parents not said here | disappointed property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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