Test 8 · ★ · Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back…
Jake's aunt says, "Ah, he was only messing." What's wrong with that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunt, Jake · What happens: say, mess, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 7 «Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back at night» 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: Jake's aunt says, "Ah, he was only messing."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Jake | 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 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 messing | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 messing | punct |
| 7 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 12 messing | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Ah | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 messing | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 messing | aux |
| 11 | only | only | ADV | _ | 12 messing | advmod |
| 12 | messing | mess | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 says | ccomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 messing | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 messing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Jake's aunt | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | mess in a quote | past · progressive | Jake | 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 wrong with that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 that | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 wrong | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with that; wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Jake should laugh too, because it was funny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 laugh | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 laugh | aux |
| 3 | laugh | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 laugh | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 funny | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 funny | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 funny | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 funny | cop |
| 9 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 laugh | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | should | Jake | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | it | funny property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A "joke" isn't a joke if the one inside panics
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 joke | det |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 joke | punct |
| 3 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 joke | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 joke | punct |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 joke | cop |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 joke | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 joke | det |
| 8 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 panics | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 one | det |
| 11 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 panics | nsubj |
| 12 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 11 one | advmod |
| 13 | panics | panic | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 joke | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | a joke | a joke | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | panic a condition, not said to happen | present | the one | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
It was only wrong because the shed was dirty
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 | 4 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrong | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 wrong | advmod |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 dirty | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shed | det |
| 7 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dirty | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 dirty | cop |
| 9 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 wrong | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | It | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the shed | dirty property | tree rules |
Option 4
Nothing; messing about can never really hurt anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | messing | mess | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Nothing | acl |
| 4 | about | about | ADV | _ | 3 messing | advmod |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 hurt | aux |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 hurt | advmod |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 hurt | advmod |
| 8 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mess about | gerund | about property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not hurt | can · passive | Nothing | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer anyone=Result |
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