Test 8 · ★★ · Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mea… Leo's brother says, "I don't care!" In a cartoon, a character says that and the story moves on. What's often real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, character, story · What happens: say, not care, move on, be · To what, where: that, cartoon · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Leo's brother says, "I don't care!"
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nsubj aux advmod ccomp punct punct root Leo PROPN 's PART brother NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT I PRON do AUX n't PART care VERB ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leo Leo PROPN Number=Sing 3 brother nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Leo case 3 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 10 care punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 10 care punct 7 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 care nsubj 8 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 care aux 9 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 10 care advmod 10 care care VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 says ccomp 11 ! ! PUNCT _ 10 care punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 10 care punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: express present Leo's brother vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not care in a quote present · do-support Leo's brother = brother vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
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: In a cartoon, a character says that and the story moves on.
case det obl punct det nsubj obj cc det nsubj conj compound:prt punct root In ADP a DET cartoon NOUN , PUNCT a DET character NOUN says VERB that PRON and CCONJ the DET story NOUN moves VERB on ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 cartoon case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 cartoon det 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN Number=Sing 7 says obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 cartoon punct 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 character det 6 character character NOUN Number=Sing 7 says nsubj 7 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 says obj 9 and and CCONJ _ 12 moves cc 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 story det 11 story story NOUN Number=Sing 12 moves nsubj 12 moves move VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 says conj 13 on on ADP _ 12 moves compound:prt 14 . . PUNCT _ 7 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a character that a cartoon vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent that=Theme in cartoon=Manner 2 move on present the story vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What's often real?
nsubj cop advmod punct root What PRON 's AUX often ADV real ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 real nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 real cop 3 often often ADV _ 4 real advmod 4 real real ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 real punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present often, real property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Slammed doors mean someone is happy
amod nsubj nsubj cop ccomp root Slammed VERB doors NOUN mean VERB someone PRON is AUX happy ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Slammed slam VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 doors amod 2 doors door NOUN Number=Plur 3 mean nsubj 3 mean mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 happy nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 happy cop 6 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 mean ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 slam participle vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme 2 mean present Slammed doors vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 3 is present someone happy property tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Saying "I don't care" can hide caring a lot
csubj punct nsubj aux advmod ccomp punct aux xcomp det obj root Saying VERB " PUNCT I PRON do AUX n't PART care VERB " PUNCT can AUX hide VERB caring VERB a DET lot NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 hide csubj 2 " " PUNCT _ 6 care punct 3 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 care nsubj 4 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 care aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 care advmod 6 care care VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Saying ccomp 7 " " PUNCT _ 6 care punct 8 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 hide aux 9 hide hide VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 10 caring care VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 hide xcomp 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 lot det 12 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 10 caring obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert gerund vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not care in a quote present · do-support I vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 3 hide can Saying tree rules 4 care gerund Saying not said here a lot tree rules
Option 3 People who say it truly never care
nsubj nsubj acl:relcl obj advmod advmod root People NOUN who PRON say VERB it PRON truly ADV never ADV care VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 People people NOUN Number=Plur 7 care nsubj 2 who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 say nsubj 3 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 People acl:relcl 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 say obj 5 truly truly ADV _ 7 care advmod 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 care advmod 7 care care VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present People it vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic 2 not care infinitive People truly property vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Option 4 It means he really wants everyone to come into his room
nsubj nsubj advmod ccomp obj mark xcomp case nmod:poss obl root It PRON means VERB he PRON really ADV wants VERB everyone PRON to PART come VERB into ADP his PRON room NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 wants nsubj 4 really really ADV _ 5 wants advmod 5 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 means ccomp 6 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 5 wants obj 7 to to PART _ 8 come mark 8 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 wants xcomp 9 into into ADP _ 11 room case 10 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 room nmod:poss 11 room room NOUN Number=Sing 8 come obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present It vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 want present he everyone tree rules 3 come not said to happen to-infinitive everyone not said here his room vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial_Location
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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