Test 8 · ★ · Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away
In a film, a character goes to therapy and everyone calls him crazy. What does Ellie learn from her real dad?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: character, everyone, Ellie · What happens: go, call, learn · To what, where: film, character · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: In a film, a character goes to therapy and everyone calls him crazy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 goes | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 character | det |
| 6 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 goes | nsubj |
| 7 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 therapy | case |
| 9 | therapy | therapy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 goes | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 calls | cc |
| 11 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 calls | nsubj |
| 12 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 goes | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 calls | obj |
| 14 | crazy | crazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 calls | xcomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | a character | a film | to therapy | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to therapy=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | call | present | everyone | character | crazy property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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 does Ellie learn from her real dad?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 learn | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 learn | aux |
| 3 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 learn | nsubj |
| 4 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 dad | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 dad | nmod:poss |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dad | amod |
| 8 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 learn | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 learn | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present · do-support | Ellie | from Ellie's real dad | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent what=Topic from dad=Source |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Therapy helped him get calmer, and getting help is brave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Therapy | Therapy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 helped | nsubj |
| 2 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 helped | obj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 helped | xcomp |
| 5 | calmer | calm | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 get | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 brave | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 brave | cc |
| 8 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 brave | csubj |
| 9 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 getting | obj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 brave | cop |
| 11 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 helped | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | past | Therapy | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | him = he not said here | calm property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | get | gerund | help | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | is | present | getting | brave property | tree rules |
Option 2
Therapy is only for people in films
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Therapy | therapy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 people | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 people | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 people | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 people | case |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 films | case |
| 7 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 people | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Therapy | films | for people | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Her dad should have kept it a secret
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 kept | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 kept | aux |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kept | obj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 secret | det |
| 8 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | should · perfect · passive | Her dad | tree rules |
Option 4
Therapy makes people crazier than they were before they started
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Therapy | therapy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 makes | obj |
| 4 | crazier | crazy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 5 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 10 started | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 started | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 started | cop |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 10 started | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 started | nsubj |
| 10 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 crazier | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Therapy | people | crazy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product | |||
| 2 | is | past | people | start property | tree rules |
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