Test 4 · ★ · Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away Ruby's mum from Belfast says, "Wee pet, write it down for your teacher if you can't say it." ("Wee" means little; "pet" means dear.) Why is that good advice?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, you, Wee, pet · What happens: say, write down, not say, mean, be · To what, where: pet, little · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 29 «Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away» 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's mum from Belfast says, "Wee pet, write it down for your teacher if you can't say it."
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct punct amod vocative punct conj obj compound:prt case nmod:poss obl mark nsubj aux advmod advcl obj punct punct root Ruby PROPN 's PART mum NOUN from ADP Belfast PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Wee ADJ pet NOUN , PUNCT write VERB it PRON down ADP for ADP your PRON teacher NOUN if SCONJ you PRON ca AUX n't PART say VERB it PRON . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ruby case 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 4 from from ADP _ 5 Belfast case 5 Belfast Belfast PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 pet punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 10 pet punct 9 Wee wee ADJ Degree=Pos 10 pet amod 10 pet pet NOUN Number=Sing 6 says vocative 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 write punct 12 write write VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 says conj 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 write obj 14 down down ADP _ 12 write compound:prt 15 for for ADP _ 17 teacher case 16 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 17 teacher nmod:poss 17 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 12 write obl 18 if if SCONJ _ 22 say mark 19 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 22 say nsubj 20 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 22 say aux 21 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 22 say advmod 22 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 write advcl 23 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 22 say obj 24 . . PUNCT _ 6 says punct 25 " " PUNCT _ 6 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Ruby's mum from Belfast Wee pet vocative vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 write down in a quote infinitive Ruby's mum from Belfast not said here pet for your teacher vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Result for teacher=Beneficiary 3 not say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote can you pet vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
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: ("Wee" means little; "pet" means dear.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj punct punct nsubj punct conj xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Wee NOUN " PUNCT means VERB little ADJ ; PUNCT " PUNCT pet NOUN " PUNCT means VERB dear ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Wee punct 3 Wee wee NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Wee punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means obj 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 11 means punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 pet punct 9 pet pet NOUN Number=Sing 11 means nsubj 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 pet punct 11 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 means conj 12 dear dear ADJ Degree=Pos 11 means xcomp 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Wee little vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Topic 2 mean present pet dear property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Why is that good advice?
cop mark amod advcl punct root Why ADV is AUX that SCONJ good ADJ advice NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Why cop 3 that that SCONJ _ 5 advice mark 4 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 5 advice amod 5 advice advice NOUN Number=Sing 1 Why advcl 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 Why punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present why property tree rules
The options Option 1 It means Ruby will never have to talk again
nsubj nsubj aux advmod ccomp mark xcomp advmod root It PRON means VERB Ruby PROPN will AUX never ADV have VERB to PART talk VERB again ADV 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 Ruby Ruby PROPN Number=Sing 6 have nsubj 4 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 have aux 5 never never ADV PronType=Neg 6 have advmod 6 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 means ccomp 7 to to PART _ 8 talk mark 8 talk talk VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 have xcomp 9 again again ADV _ 8 talk advmod
# 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 not have future Ruby tree rules 3 talk to-infinitive Ruby not said here again vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Notes make the bullying stop by magic
nsubj det compound obj case obl root Notes NOUN make VERB the DET bullying NOUN stop NOUN by ADP magic NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Notes note NOUN Number=Plur 2 make nsubj 2 make make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 stop det 4 bullying bullying NOUN Number=Sing 5 stop compound 5 stop stop NOUN Number=Sing 2 make obj 6 by by ADP _ 7 magic case 7 magic magic NOUN Number=Sing 2 make obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present Notes the bullying stop by magic vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stop=Product
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer A note is a fine way to tell when speaking is too hard
det nsubj cop det amod parataxis mark acl advmod ccomp cop advmod root A DET note NOUN is AUX a DET fine ADJ way NOUN to PART tell VERB when ADV speaking VERB is AUX too ADV hard ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 note det 2 note note NOUN Number=Sing 6 way nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 way cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 way det 5 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 6 way amod 6 way way NOUN Number=Sing 13 hard parataxis 7 to to PART _ 8 tell mark 8 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 way acl 9 when when ADV PronType=Int 10 speaking advmod 10 speaking speak VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 tell ccomp 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 hard cop 12 too too ADV _ 13 hard advmod 13 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a note a fine way tree rules 2 tell speech: assert to-infinitive vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 speak speech: other gerund vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 is present hard property tree rules
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Teachers only read notes and never really listen to what kids say
nsubj advmod obj cc advmod advmod conj case obl nsubj acl:relcl root Teachers NOUN only ADV read VERB notes NOUN and CCONJ never ADV really ADV listen VERB to ADP what PRON kids NOUN say VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Teachers teacher NOUN Number=Plur 3 read nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 3 read advmod 3 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 notes note NOUN Number=Plur 3 read obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 8 listen cc 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 8 listen advmod 7 really really ADV _ 8 listen advmod 8 listen listen VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 read conj 9 to to ADP _ 10 what case 10 what what PRON PronType=Rel 8 listen obl 11 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 12 say nsubj 12 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 what acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 read present Teachers notes vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Topic 2 not listen infinitive Teachers not said here vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to what=Theme 3 say speech: assert present kids vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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.
← previous Getting help: when sadness or worry wo…, test 3next → Getting help: when sadness or worry wo…, test 5↑ back to Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/reflection/29-getting-help-when-sadness-or-worry-wont-go-away/t4/