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Test 4 · ★★ · Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mea…

Josh says, "She was well grumpy, she must hate me." Later he hears about her dog. What helped Josh?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Josh, he · What happens: say, be, hate, hear, help · To what, where: Josh · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Josh says, "She was well grumpy, she must hate me."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grumpy	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 grumpy	punct
5	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grumpy	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 grumpy	cop
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 grumpy	advmod
8	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hate	punct
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hate	nsubj
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 hate	aux
12	hate	hate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 grumpy	parataxis
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 hate	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Josh						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	past	Josh					grumpy, well property	tree rules
3	hate in a quote	must	Josh	Josh					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus

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: Later he hears about her dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 hears	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hears	nsubj
3	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 dog	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dog	nmod:poss
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hears	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	he					about Josh's dog; late property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about dog=Stimulus

Sentence 3: What helped Josh?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 helped	nsubj
2	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 helped	obj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past			Josh				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent josh=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Being rude back to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 rude	cop
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 back	csubj
3	back	back	ADV	_	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 her	case
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 back	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						rude property	tree rules

Option 2

Asking for a new teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	5 teacher	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 teacher	amod
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund						for a new teacher	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Drawing her a card

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Drawing	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 card	det
4	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drawing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	gerund			her = she				vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary card=Result

Option 4

Telling her she was unfair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Telling	iobj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 unfair	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 unfair	cop
5	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Telling	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	is	past	she					unfair property	tree rules

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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