Test 7 · ★★★ · Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and bei… Oscar's big sister says, "The toilet ghost? Proper urban legend, our Oscar, someone made it up years back." What helps Oscar most?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: big sister, urban legend · What happens: say, make up, help · To what, where: ghost, Oscar · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 27 «Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and being sure but wrong» 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: Oscar's big sister says, "The toilet ghost?
nmod:poss case amod nsubj punct punct det compound ccomp punct root Oscar PROPN 's PART big ADJ sister NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT The DET toilet NOUN ghost NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Oscar Oscar PROPN Number=Sing 4 sister nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Oscar case 3 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 4 sister amod 4 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 ghost punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 10 ghost punct 8 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 ghost det 9 toilet toilet NOUN Number=Sing 10 ghost compound 10 ghost ghost NOUN Number=Sing 5 says ccomp 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Oscar's big sister vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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: Proper urban legend, our Oscar, someone made it up years back."
advmod amod nsubj punct nmod:poss nmod punct nsubj obj compound:prt obl:unmarked advmod punct punct root Proper ADV urban ADJ legend NOUN , PUNCT our PRON Oscar PROPN , PUNCT someone PRON made VERB it PRON up ADP years NOUN back ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Proper properly ADV _ 2 urban advmod 2 urban urban ADJ Degree=Pos 3 legend amod 3 legend legend NOUN Number=Sing 9 made nsubj 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 Oscar punct 5 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 Oscar nmod:poss 6 Oscar Oscar PROPN Number=Sing 3 legend nmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 3 legend punct 8 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 9 made nsubj 9 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 made obj 11 up up ADP _ 9 made compound:prt 12 years year NOUN Number=Plur 13 back obl:unmarked 13 back back ADV _ 9 made advmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 9 made punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 9 made punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make up past urban legend our Oscar ghost vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot
Sentence 3: What helps Oscar most?
nsubj obj nmod punct root What PRON helps VERB Oscar PROPN most ADJ ? 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 Oscar Oscar PROPN Number=Sing 2 helps obj 4 most most ADJ Degree=Sup 3 Oscar nmod 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 helps punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help present Oscar most vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oscar=Beneficiary
The options Option 1 Only going to the toilet in pairs forever
advmod case det obl case obl advmod root Only ADV going VERB to ADP the DET toilet NOUN in ADP pairs NOUN forever ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 going advmod 2 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 3 to to ADP _ 5 toilet case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 toilet det 5 toilet toilet NOUN Number=Sing 2 going obl 6 in in ADP _ 7 pairs case 7 pairs pair NOUN Number=Plur 2 going obl 8 forever forever ADV _ 2 going advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go gerund pairs to the toilet; forever property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to toilet=Initial_Location
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Knowing the story was made up
csubj det obj aux:pass compound:prt root Knowing VERB the DET story NOUN was AUX made VERB up ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Knowing know VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 made csubj 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 story det 3 story story NOUN Number=Sing 1 Knowing obj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 made aux:pass 5 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 up up ADP _ 5 made compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know gerund the story vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus 2 make up past · passive Knowing vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»
Option 3 Making up a scarier story back
compound:prt det amod obj advmod root Making VERB up ADP a DET scarier ADJ story NOUN back ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Making make VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 up up ADP _ 1 Making compound:prt 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 story det 4 scarier scarey ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 story amod 5 story story NOUN Number=Sing 1 Making obj 6 back back ADV _ 1 Making advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make up gerund a scarier story vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot
Option 4 Believing it a bit just in case
csubj obj det obl:unmarked advmod case root Believing VERB it PRON a DET bit NOUN just ADV in ADP case NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Believing believe VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 case csubj 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Believing obj 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 bit det 4 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 1 Believing obl:unmarked 5 just just ADV _ 7 case advmod 6 in in ADP _ 7 case case 7 case case NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 believe gerund it a bit obl:unmarked vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
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