Test 5 · ★★ · Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mea…
Mia's mate says, "she laughed when you fell, she's fake, drop her." What's fairer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, you · What happens: say, laugh, fall, be, drop · To what, where: mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Mia's mate says, "she laughed when you fell, she's fake, drop her."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mia | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 laughed | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 laughed | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 laughed | nsubj |
| 8 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 fell | advmod |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 fell | nsubj |
| 11 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 laughed | advcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 fake | punct |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 fake | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 fake | cop |
| 15 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 drop | punct |
| 17 | drop | drop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 fake | conj |
| 18 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 drop | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 fake | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 fake | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mia's mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | laugh in a quote | past | mate | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | fall in a quote | past | you | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | mate | fake property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | drop in a quote | infinitive | mate not said here | mate | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
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's fairer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 fairer | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fairer | cop |
| 3 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fairer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
People sometimes laugh by reflex; she said sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 laugh | nsubj |
| 2 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 laugh | advmod |
| 3 | laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 reflex | case |
| 5 | reflex | reflex | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laugh | obl |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 laugh | parataxis |
| 9 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 said | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present | People | by reflex; sometimes property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | past | she | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Laughing at a fall is always cruel on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 cruel | csubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 fall | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fall | det |
| 4 | fall | fall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Laughing | obl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 cruel | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 cruel | advmod |
| 7 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 purpose | case |
| 9 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cruel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | gerund | a fall | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Laughing | purpose | always, cruel property | tree rules |
Option 3
Mia should drop all her friends to be safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 drop | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 drop | aux |
| 3 | drop | drop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 friends | det:predet |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 friends | nmod:poss |
| 6 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 drop | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 safe | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 safe | cop |
| 9 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 drop | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | should | Mia | Mia's friends | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | Mia not said here | safe property | tree rules |
Option 4
Anyone who laughs once is fake forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 fake | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 laughs | nsubj |
| 3 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Anyone | acl:relcl |
| 4 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 laughs | advmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fake | cop |
| 6 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 6 fake | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present | once property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Anyone | fake, forever 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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