Test 7 · Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that won't go…
In a cartoon, a girl's period starts and the whole school points and laughs forever. What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: period, truth · What happens: start, laugh, be · To what, where: cartoon
This is test 7 of lesson 9 «Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that won't go away» 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: In a cartoon, a girl's period starts and the whole school points and laughs forever.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 starts | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 period | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 girl | case |
| 8 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 starts | nsubj |
| 9 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 points | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 points | det |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 points | amod |
| 13 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 points | compound |
| 14 | points | point | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 starts | conj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 laughs | cc |
| 16 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 starts | conj |
| 17 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 16 laughs | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 starts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | a girl's period | a cartoon | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | laugh | present | a girl's period not said here | forever property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: 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: What's the truth?
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 | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Periods are natural; teachers help, and mocking them is wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periods | period | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 natural | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 natural | cop |
| 3 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 help | punct |
| 5 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 help | nsubj |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 natural | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 wrong | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wrong | cc |
| 9 | mocking | mock | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 wrong | csubj |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 mocking | obj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 wrong | cop |
| 12 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 natural | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Periods | natural property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | help | present | teachers | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | mock | gerund | teachers = teacher | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||||
| 4 | is | present | mocking | wrong property | tree rules |
Option 2
It's true, a period means you must change school
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 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 | _ | 7 means | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 period | det |
| 6 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 means | nsubj |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | parataxis |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 change | nsubj |
| 9 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 change | aux |
| 10 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 means | ccomp |
| 11 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 change | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | a period | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | change | must | you | school | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Patient |
Option 3
Periods only start in films, not in real life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Periods | period | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 start | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 start | advmod |
| 3 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 films | case |
| 5 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 start | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 life | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 life | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 life | case |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 life | amod |
| 10 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 start | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | Periods | films | in real life | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4
Girls should hide at home every month
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hide | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 hide | aux |
| 3 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 home | case |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hide | obl |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 month | det |
| 7 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hide | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | should | Girls | home | month | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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