Test 9 · Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger
Ethan's mate says, "that film's real, they found the monster in my uncle's town, no cap." What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, they · What happens: say, find, be · To what, where: monster, town · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 6 «Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger» 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: Ethan's mate says, "that film's real, they found the monster in my uncle's town, no cap."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan | Ethan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ethan | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 real | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 real | punct |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 film | det |
| 8 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 real | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 film | case |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 found | punct |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 found | nsubj |
| 13 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 monster | det |
| 15 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 found | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 town | case |
| 17 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 18 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 town | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 uncle | case |
| 20 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 found | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 cap | punct |
| 22 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 23 cap | det |
| 23 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 town | appos |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ethan's mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | find in a quote | past | they | the monster | my uncle's town | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monster=Topic |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It's real, because his uncle saw it himself
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 | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 saw | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 saw | mark |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 7 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saw | nsubj |
| 8 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 saw | obj |
| 10 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 saw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | past | his uncle | it | tree rules |
Option 2
Nobody can know if a film is real or not
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 know | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 know | aux |
| 3 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 real | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 film | det |
| 6 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 real | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 real | cop |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 know | ccomp |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 not | cc |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 real | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | can | Nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | a film | real property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It's a made-up film with special effects, not real
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 | 7 film | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 film | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 film | det |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 film | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 up | punct |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 made | compound:prt |
| 7 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 effects | case |
| 9 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 effects | amod |
| 10 | effects | effect | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 film | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 real | punct |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 real | advmod |
| 13 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 film | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | participle | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | It | a made film | with special effects | tree rules |
Option 4
It's real, but the monster only comes out at night
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 | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 comes | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 comes | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 monster | det |
| 7 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 comes | nsubj |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 comes | advmod |
| 9 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | conj |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 comes | compound:prt |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 night | case |
| 12 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come out | present | the monster | night | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
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