Test 12 · ★★★ · Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back
A kid asks, "So what's the one thing that helps with ALL the stuff in this course?" Which is closest?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, one thing · What happens: ask, be, help · To what, where: one thing, course · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back» 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: A kid asks, "So what's the one thing that helps with ALL the stuff in this course?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 asks | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 thing | punct |
| 6 | So | so | ADV | _ | 11 thing | advmod |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 thing | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 thing | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 thing | det |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 thing | nummod |
| 11 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | parataxis |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 helps | nsubj |
| 13 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 thing | acl:relcl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 stuff | case |
| 15 | ALL | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 stuff | det:predet |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 stuff | det |
| 17 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 helps | obl |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 course | case |
| 19 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 course | det |
| 20 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 helps | obl |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 thing | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 thing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a kid | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | the one thing | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | help in a quote | present | the one thing | this course | with all stuff | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with stuff=Theme |
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: Which is closest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 closest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 closest | cop |
| 3 | closest | close | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 closest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | close property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Telling someone you trust, and small steps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Telling | obj |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 trust | nsubj |
| 4 | trust | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 someone | acl:relcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 steps | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 steps | cc |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 steps | amod |
| 8 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Telling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | someone | small steps obl | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | trust | present | you | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Hiding it until it goes away on its own
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiding | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 goes | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hiding | obj |
| 3 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 goes | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 goes | nsubj |
| 5 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 goes | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 own | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 own | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 goes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | it | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 2 | go away | present | it | its own | away property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on own=Location |
Option 3
Doing everything alone to be strong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Doing | obj |
| 3 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 1 Doing | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 strong | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 strong | cop |
| 6 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Doing | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | gerund | everything | alone property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | strong property | tree rules |
Option 4
Pretending to be fine so nobody worries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretending | pretend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 fine | mark |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 fine | cop |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Pretending | ccomp |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 worries | mark |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 worries | nsubj |
| 7 | worries | worry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | worry | present | nobody | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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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