Test 7 · ★★★ · Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back
In a cartoon, the hero gets over every bad thing by the end of the episode, alone. What does this course show instead?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hero · What happens: get, do · To what, where: cartoon, course show
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: In a cartoon, the hero gets over every bad thing by the end of the episode, alone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hero | det |
| 6 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | over | over | ADP | _ | 11 thing | case |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 thing | det |
| 10 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 thing | amod |
| 11 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | obl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 end | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 end | det |
| 14 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 episode | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 episode | det |
| 17 | episode | episode | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 end | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 alone | punct |
| 19 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 7 gets | advmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the hero | a cartoon | by the end of the episode | over every bad thing; alone property | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over thing=Destination |
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 this course show instead?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 show | det |
| 4 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 show | compound |
| 5 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 6 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 2 does | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | this course show | instead property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Hard feelings usually ease over weeks, with help from others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 feelings | amod |
| 2 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ease | nsubj |
| 3 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 4 ease | advmod |
| 4 | ease | ease | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 weeks | case |
| 6 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ease | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 help | punct |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 help | case |
| 9 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ease | obl |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 others | case |
| 11 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 help | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ease | present | Hard feelings | week | with help from others; usually property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with help=Instrument |
Option 2
Real people always recover from bad things within twenty minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 recover | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 recover | advmod |
| 4 | recover | recover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 things | case |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 things | amod |
| 7 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 recover | obl |
| 8 | within | within | ADP | _ | 10 minutes | case |
| 9 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 minutes | nummod |
| 10 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 recover | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recover | present | Real people | bad things | minute | always property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from thing=Source |
Option 3
Getting help means you aren't a real hero
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 means | csubj |
| 2 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Getting | obj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 hero | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 hero | cop |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 hero | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 hero | det |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 hero | amod |
| 9 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | gerund | help | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | Getting | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not is a | present | you | a real hero | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Talking to anyone makes feelings worse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 makes | csubj |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 anyone | case |
| 3 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Talking | obl |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 makes | obj |
| 6 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | gerund | to anyone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent | |||||
| 2 | make | present | Talking | feelings | bad property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset feeling=Product |
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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