Test 11 · ★★ · Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mea… Ellie's friend goes, "I'm fine, lol, it's all good, no stress." But she hasn't eaten lunch all week. What should Ellie do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, I, Ellie · What happens: go, be, not eat, do · To what, where: lunch
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mean face» 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: Ellie's friend goes, "I'm fine, lol, it's all good, no stress."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nsubj cop conj punct discourse punct nsubj cop advmod parataxis punct det obl punct punct root Ellie PROPN 's PART friend NOUN goes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX fine ADJ , PUNCT lol INTJ , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX all ADV good ADJ , PUNCT no DET stress NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ellie Ellie PROPN Number=Sing 3 friend nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ellie case 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 4 goes nsubj 4 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 fine punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 fine punct 7 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 fine nsubj 8 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 fine cop 9 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 4 goes conj 10 , , PUNCT _ 16 good punct 11 lol lol INTJ _ 16 good discourse 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 good punct 13 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 good nsubj 14 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 good cop 15 all all ADV _ 16 good advmod 16 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 9 fine parataxis 17 , , PUNCT _ 19 stress punct 18 no no DET PronType=Neg 19 stress det 19 stress stress NOUN Number=Sing 9 fine obl 20 . . PUNCT _ 4 goes punct 21 " " PUNCT _ 4 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Ellie's friend vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is in a quote present I no stress obl ; fine property tree rules 3 is in a quote present friend all, good 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: But she hasn't eaten lunch all week.
cc nsubj aux advmod obj det obl:unmarked punct root But CCONJ she PRON has AUX n't PART eaten VERB lunch NOUN all DET week NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 But but CCONJ _ 5 eaten cc 2 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 eaten nsubj 3 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 eaten aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 eaten advmod 5 eaten eat VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 6 lunch lunch NOUN Number=Sing 5 eaten obj 7 all all DET PronType=Tot 8 week det 8 week week NOUN Number=Sing 5 eaten obl:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 eaten punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not eat present · perfect Ellie lunch week vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient
Sentence 3: What should Ellie do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX Ellie PROPN do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 Ellie Ellie PROPN Number=Sing 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should Ellie vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Believe the "lol" and forget it
det punct obj punct cc conj obj root Believe VERB the DET " PUNCT lol NOUN " PUNCT and CCONJ forget VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Believe believe VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 lol det 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 lol punct 4 lol lol NOUN _ 1 Believe obj 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 lol punct 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 forget cc 7 forget forget VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Believe conj 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 forget obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 believe imperative you not said here the lol vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lol=Stimulus 2 forget infinitive you not said here lol tree rules
Option 2 Laugh along so it's all fine
advmod advmod expl cop advmod conj root Laugh VERB along ADV so ADV it PRON 's AUX all ADV fine ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Laugh laugh VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 along along ADV _ 1 Laugh advmod 3 so so ADV _ 7 fine advmod 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 fine expl 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 fine cop 6 all all ADV _ 7 fine advmod 7 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Laugh conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh imperative you not said here along property vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present you not said here all, fine property tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Tell a teacher she's worried
det obj nsubj cop parataxis root Tell VERB a DET teacher NOUN she PRON 's AUX worried ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 teacher det 3 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 worried nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 worried cop 6 worried worried ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Tell parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here a teacher vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient 2 is present teacher worried property tree rules
Option 4 Wait to see if it gets worse
mark advcl mark nsubj advcl xcomp root Wait VERB to PART see VERB if SCONJ it PRON gets VERB worse ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wait wait VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 2 to to PART _ 3 see mark 3 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Wait advcl 4 if if SCONJ _ 6 gets mark 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 gets nsubj 6 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 see advcl 7 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 gets xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait imperative you not said here vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 see to-infinitive you not said here vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 3 get a condition, not said to happen present it bad property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
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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