Test 9 · ★★ · Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mea…
Ruby lies awake: "She said whatever, she's mad at me." What would have saved her a night of worry?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby · What happens: lie, say, be, save · To what, where: whatever, Ruby · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Ruby lies awake: "She said whatever, she's mad at me."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lies | nsubj |
| 2 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lies | xcomp |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 6 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 said | nsubj |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 lies | parataxis |
| 8 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 said | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mad | punct |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 mad | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 mad | cop |
| 12 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 said | conj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 me | case |
| 14 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 mad | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 lies | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 lies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | Ruby | awake property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Ruby | whatever | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent whatever=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Ruby | at me; mad 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: What would have saved her a night of worry?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 saved | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 saved | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 saved | aux |
| 4 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saved | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 night | det |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saved | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 worry | case |
| 9 | worry | worry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 night | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 saved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | would · perfect · passive | Ruby | night | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary she=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Worrying harder to prepare herself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worrying | worry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 harder | nsubj |
| 2 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 prepare | mark |
| 4 | prepare | prepare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 harder | xcomp |
| 5 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 prepare | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | worry | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | prepare | to-infinitive | herself = she | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient |
Option 2
Sending her friend angry messages
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sending | send | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sending | obj |
| 4 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 messages | amod |
| 5 | messages | message | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Sending | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | gerund | angry messages | her friend | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent friend=Destination message=Theme |
Option 3
Telling the class her friend was rude
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 rude | csubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 class | det |
| 3 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | obj |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 friend | nmod:poss |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | iobj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 rude | cop |
| 7 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | the class | her friend | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient class=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | past | Telling | rude property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Asking her friend the next day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Asking | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 day | det |
| 5 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 day | amod |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Asking | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | her friend | day | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient |
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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