Test 10 · ★★ · When it was my fault: owning up and making it right
Noah's friend goes, "Your sister broke her arm cos of you, you're the worst brother ever." What's the fairer view?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, sister, you, fairer view · What happens: go, break, be · To what, where: arm, worst brother · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 5 «When it was my fault: owning up and making it right» 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's friend goes, "Your sister broke her arm cos of you, you're the worst brother ever."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Noah | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 broke | punct |
| 7 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 sister | nmod:poss |
| 8 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 broke | nsubj |
| 9 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 goes | parataxis |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 arm | nmod:poss |
| 11 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 broke | obj |
| 12 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 14 you | case |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 you | case |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 broke | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 brother | punct |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 brother | nsubj |
| 17 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 brother | cop |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 brother | det |
| 19 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 20 brother | amod |
| 20 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 broke | obl |
| 21 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 20 brother | advmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Noah's friend | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | break in a quote | past | Your sister | sister's arm | cos you | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Patient | |||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | you | the worst brother | ever | tree rules |
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's the fairer view?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 view | det |
| 4 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 view | amod |
| 5 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fairer view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He learns to watch, but accidents can happen anyway
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 | 2 learns | nsubj |
| 2 | learns | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 watch | mark |
| 4 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 learns | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 happen | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 happen | cc |
| 7 | accidents | accident | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 happen | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 happen | aux |
| 9 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 learns | parataxis |
| 10 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 9 happen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | He | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | watch | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | happen | can | accidents | anyway property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Nobody ever bears any part of an accident
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 part | nsubj |
| 2 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 bears | advmod |
| 3 | bears | bear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Nobody | conj |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 part | det |
| 5 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 accident | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 accident | det |
| 8 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 part | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
It's his sister's fault for climbing too high
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fault | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fault | cop |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 sister | nmod:poss |
| 4 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fault | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 sister | case |
| 6 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 climbing | mark |
| 8 | climbing | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 fault | acl |
| 9 | too | too | ADV | _ | 10 high | advmod |
| 10 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 climbing | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | his sister's fault | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | climb | gerund | his sister's fault not said here | high property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
His friend is right, he is the worst brother ever
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 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 brother | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 brother | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 brother | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 brother | det |
| 9 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 brother | amod |
| 10 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | conj |
| 11 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 10 brother | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | His friend | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | friend | the worst brother | ever | tree rules |
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