Test 9 · ★★ · When it was my fault: owning up and making it right Kian's aunt says he "left the wee one hanging" at the picnic. ("Left him hanging" means left him without help.) What makes it up to his cousin?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunt, Kian · What happens: say, leave, hang, mean, make up · To what, where: wee one hanging, picnic, Kian, hanging · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Kian's aunt says he "left the wee one hanging" at the picnic.
nmod:poss case nsubj nsubj punct ccomp det amod compound obj punct case det obl punct root Kian PROPN 's PART aunt NOUN says VERB he PRON " PUNCT left VERB the DET wee ADJ one NOUN hanging NOUN " PUNCT at ADP the DET picnic NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kian Kian PROPN Number=Sing 3 aunt nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Kian case 3 aunt aunt NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 left nsubj 6 " " PUNCT _ 7 left punct 7 left leave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 says ccomp 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 hanging det 9 wee wee ADJ Degree=Pos 11 hanging amod 10 one one NOUN Number=Sing 11 hanging compound 11 hanging hanging NOUN Number=Sing 7 left obj 12 " " PUNCT _ 11 hanging punct 13 at at ADP _ 15 picnic case 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 picnic det 15 picnic picnic NOUN Number=Sing 7 left obl 16 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Kian's aunt vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 leave in a quote past Kian the wee one hanging the picnic vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hanging=Theme at picnic=Location
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: ("Left him hanging" means left him without help.)
punct punct nsubj obj xcomp punct ccomp obj case obl punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Left VERB him PRON hanging VERB " PUNCT means VERB left VERB him PRON without ADP help NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 Left punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Left punct 3 Left leave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 means nsubj 4 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 Left obj 5 hanging hang VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 Left xcomp 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 hanging punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 left leave VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 means ccomp 9 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 left obj 10 without without ADP _ 11 help case 11 help help NOUN Number=Sing 8 left obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct 13 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 leave in a quote past Kian tree rules 2 hang in a quote gerund Kian not said here vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 4 leave past Kian without help vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
Sentence 3: What makes it up to his cousin?
nsubj obj compound:prt case nmod:poss obl punct root What PRON makes VERB it PRON up ADP to ADP his PRON cousin NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 makes nsubj 2 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 makes obj 4 up up ADP _ 2 makes compound:prt 5 to to ADP _ 7 cousin case 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 cousin nmod:poss 7 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 2 makes obl 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 makes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make up present hanging to Kian's cousin vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Telling him he'll understand when he's older
csubj iobj nsubj aux advmod nsubj cop obj root Telling VERB him PRON he PRON 'll AUX understand VERB when ADV he PRON 's AUX older ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Telling tell VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 understand csubj 2 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Telling iobj 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 understand nsubj 4 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 understand aux 5 understand understand VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 when when ADV PronType=Int 9 older advmod 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 older nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 older cop 9 older old ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 understand obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert gerund him = he vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient 2 understand future he vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 3 is present he old property tree rules
Option 2 Nothing; little kids forget everything by the next day
punct amod nsubj acl:relcl obj case det amod obl root Nothing PRON ; PUNCT little ADJ kids NOUN forget VERB everything PRON by ADP the DET next ADJ day NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg root root 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 5 forget punct 3 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 4 kids amod 4 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 5 forget nsubj 5 forget forget VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Nothing acl:relcl 6 everything everything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 5 forget obj 7 by by ADP _ 10 day case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 day det 9 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 10 day amod 10 day day NOUN Number=Sing 5 forget obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 forget present little kids everything day tree rules
Option 3 A quick "sorry" while running back to the big kids
det amod punct punct mark advcl advmod case det amod obl root A DET quick ADJ " PUNCT sorry ADJ " PUNCT while SCONJ running VERB back ADV to ADP the DET big ADJ kids NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 sorry det 2 quick quick ADJ Degree=Pos 4 sorry amod 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 sorry punct 4 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 sorry punct 6 while while SCONJ _ 7 running mark 7 running run VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 sorry advcl 8 back back ADV _ 7 running advmod 9 to to ADP _ 12 kids case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 kids det 11 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 12 kids amod 12 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 7 running obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 run back gerund to the big kids result vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to kid=Result
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Time and attention, like playing with him all afternoon
cc conj punct mark parataxis case obl det obl:unmarked root Time NOUN and CCONJ attention NOUN , PUNCT like SCONJ playing VERB with ADP him PRON all DET afternoon NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Time time NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 attention cc 3 attention attention NOUN Number=Sing 1 Time conj 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 playing punct 5 like like SCONJ _ 6 playing mark 6 playing play VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Time parataxis 7 with with ADP _ 8 him case 8 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 playing obl 9 all all DET PronType=Tot 10 afternoon det 10 afternoon afternoon NOUN Number=Sing 6 playing obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 play gerund afternoon with him = he vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent
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