Test 2 · ★★★ · Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back
Noah thinks, "I'll keep it inside so Mum won't worry." What would probably happen if he kept bottling it up?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah, Mum · What happens: think, keep, not worry, happen, bottle up · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: Noah thinks, "I'll keep it inside so Mum won't worry."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 keep | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 keep | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 keep | nsubj |
| 6 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 keep | aux |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 keep | obj |
| 9 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 7 keep | advmod |
| 10 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 14 worry | mark |
| 11 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 worry | nsubj |
| 12 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 worry | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 worry | advmod |
| 14 | worry | worry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 keep | advcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 thinks | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 thinks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | Noah | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep in a quote | future | Noah | it | inside property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | not worry in a quote | future | Mum | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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 probably happen if he kept bottling it up?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 kept | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 kept | nsubj |
| 7 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | advcl |
| 8 | bottling | bottle | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 kept | xcomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 bottling | obj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 bottling | compound:prt |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | probably property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep a condition, not said to happen | past | Noah | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | bottle up | gerund | Noah not said here | it | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The problem would solve itself quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 problem | det |
| 2 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 solve | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 solve | aux |
| 4 | solve | solve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 solve | obj |
| 6 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 4 solve | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | solve | would | the problem | problem | quickly property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The problem would feel heavier and he'd stay alone with it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 problem | det |
| 2 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feel | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 feel | aux |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | heavier | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 feel | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stay | cc |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 stay | nsubj |
| 8 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 stay | aux |
| 9 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 feel | conj |
| 10 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 9 stay | advmod |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | would | the problem | heavy property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | stay | would | problem | with it; alone property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with it=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He'd feel lighter every single week
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 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 feel | aux |
| 3 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | lighter | light | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 feel | xcomp |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 week | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 week | amod |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 feel | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | would | He | week | light property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
His mum would never have to worry about anything ever again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 have | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 have | advmod |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 worry | mark |
| 7 | worry | worry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 have | xcomp |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 anything | case |
| 9 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 worry | obl |
| 10 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 11 again | advmod |
| 11 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 worry | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | would | His mum | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | worry | to-infinitive | His mum not said here | again | about anything | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about anything=Stimulus |
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