Test 8 · ★★★ · Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back Isla says, "It actually helps." Her brother scoffs, "a stress ball? that's so cheugy." ("Cheugy" means uncool, try-hard.) Who is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Isla, It, brother, that, Cheugy · What happens: say, help, scoff, be, mean, try · To what, where: cheugy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Isla says, "It actually helps."
nsubj punct punct nsubj advmod ccomp punct punct root Isla PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT It PRON actually ADV helps VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Isla Isla PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 7 helps punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 7 helps punct 5 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 helps nsubj 6 actually actually ADV _ 7 helps advmod 7 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 says ccomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 helps punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 7 helps punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Isla vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 help in a quote present It actually property vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
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: Her brother scoffs, "a stress ball? that's so cheugy."
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct det compound ccomp punct nsubj cop advmod parataxis punct punct root Her PRON brother NOUN scoffs VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT a DET stress NOUN ball NOUN ? PUNCT that PRON 's AUX so ADV cheugy NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT 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 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 scoffs nsubj 3 scoffs scoff VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 ball punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 ball punct 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 ball det 7 stress stress NOUN Number=Sing 8 ball compound 8 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 3 scoffs ccomp 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 13 cheugy punct 10 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 13 cheugy nsubj 11 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 cheugy cop 12 so so ADV _ 13 cheugy advmod 13 cheugy cheugy NOUN Number=Sing 8 ball parataxis 14 . . PUNCT _ 13 cheugy punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 13 cheugy punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 scoff present Isla's brother vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present that cheugy tree rules
Sentence 3: ("Cheugy" means uncool, try-hard.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct parataxis punct conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Cheugy PROPN " PUNCT means VERB uncool ADJ , PUNCT try VERB - PUNCT hard ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Cheugy punct 3 Cheugy Cheugy PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Cheugy punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 uncool uncool ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 try punct 8 try try VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 5 means parataxis 9 - - PUNCT _ 10 hard punct 10 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 8 try conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 12 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Cheugy uncool property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 try infinitive vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 4: Who is right?
nsubj cop punct root Who PRON is AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 right nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer Isla; tools ready for big feelings help with practice
compound punct nsubj amod case amod obl case obl root Isla PROPN ; PUNCT tools NOUN ready ADJ for ADP big ADJ feelings NOUN help VERB with ADP practice NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Isla Isla PROPN Number=Sing 3 tools compound 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Isla punct 3 tools tool NOUN Number=Plur 8 help nsubj 4 ready ready ADJ Degree=Pos 3 tools amod 5 for for ADP _ 7 feelings case 6 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 7 feelings amod 7 feelings feeling NOUN Number=Plur 4 ready obl 8 help help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 with with ADP _ 10 practice case 10 practice practice NOUN Number=Sing 8 help obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help present Isla tools with practice vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with practice=Theme
Option 2 Her brother; you should just shout it out
nmod:poss nsubj punct nsubj aux advmod obj compound:prt root Her PRON brother NOUN ; PUNCT you PRON should AUX just ADV shout VERB it PRON out ADP 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 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 7 shout nsubj 3 ; ; PUNCT _ 2 brother punct 4 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 shout nsubj 5 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 shout aux 6 just just ADV _ 7 shout advmod 7 shout shout VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 shout obj 9 out out ADP _ 7 shout compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shout out speech: express should Her brother it vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
Option 3 Neither; feelings can't be calmed at all
advmod punct nsubj:pass aux advmod aux:pass case obl root Neither ADV ; PUNCT feelings NOUN ca AUX n't PART be AUX calmed VERB at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Neither neither ADV _ 7 calmed advmod 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Neither punct 3 feelings feeling NOUN Number=Plur 7 calmed nsubj:pass 4 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 calmed aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 7 calmed advmod 6 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 calmed aux:pass 7 calmed calm VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 at at ADP _ 9 all case 9 all all DET PronType=Tot 7 calmed obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not calm can · passive feelings all neither property vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Her brother; calm kits never help anyone
nmod:poss nsubj punct amod nsubj advmod obj root Her PRON brother NOUN ; PUNCT calm ADJ kits NOUN never ADV help VERB anyone PRON 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 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 7 help nsubj 3 ; ; PUNCT _ 5 kits punct 4 calm calm ADJ Degree=Pos 5 kits amod 5 kits kit NOUN Number=Plur 7 help nsubj 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 help advmod 7 help help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 help obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not help present Her brother anyone vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Beneficiary
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