Test 5 · ★ · Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away
Kofi hears, "Counselling's for weirdos, bro." What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kofi · What happens: hear, be · To what, where: weirdos
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Kofi hears, "Counselling's for weirdos, bro."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kofi | Kofi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 hears | nsubj |
| 2 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 weirdos | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Counselling | punct |
| 5 | Counselling | counselling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 weirdos | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Counselling | case |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 weirdos | case |
| 8 | weirdos | weirdo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hears | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bro | punct |
| 10 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 weirdos | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 weirdos | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 weirdos | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | present | Kofi | weirdos and bro | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer weirdo=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: What's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Counsellors only see kids who are in trouble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Counsellors | counsellor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 see | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 see | advmod |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 see | obj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 trouble | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 trouble | cop |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 trouble | case |
| 8 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kids | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Counsellors | kids | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | present | kids | trouble | tree rules |
Option 2
He should feel ashamed for needing any help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 feel | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 feel | aux |
| 3 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ashamed | ashamed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 feel | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 6 needing | mark |
| 6 | needing | need | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 ashamed | advcl |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 help | det |
| 8 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 needing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | should | He | ashamed property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | need | gerund | He not said here | any help | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme |
Option 3
Strong people never need any help from anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 need | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 need | advmod |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 help | det |
| 6 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 need | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 anyone | case |
| 8 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 need | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | present | Strong people | any help | anyone | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It's like going to a doctor for feelings
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 | 4 going | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 going | aux |
| 3 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 4 going | mark |
| 4 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 doctor | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 doctor | det |
| 7 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 going | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 feelings | case |
| 9 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 going | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · progressive | It | a doctor | for feelings | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to doctor=Initial_Location |
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