Test 1 · When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies
Ollie's little sister whispers, «Captain's just having a nap, innit?» What is the kind, true answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little sister, kind true answer · What happens: whisper, have, innit, be · To what, where: nap · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 55 «When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies» of the religion ethics 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: Ollie's little sister whispers, «Captain's just having a nap, innit?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ollie | case |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sister | amod |
| 4 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whispers | nsubj |
| 5 | whispers | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 having | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 having | punct |
| 8 | Captain | Captain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 having | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Captain | case |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 having | advmod |
| 11 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 whispers | ccomp |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 nap | det |
| 13 | nap | nap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 having | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 15 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 whispers | parataxis |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 whispers | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 whispers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisper speech: ask | present | Ollie's little sister | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | gerund | a nap | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nap=Patient | |||||
| 3 | innit in a quote | infinitive | 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 is the kind, true answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 answer | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 answer | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 kind | punct |
| 6 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 answer | amod |
| 7 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kind true answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, wait until lunch and he'll swim
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 wait | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | until | until | ADP | _ | 5 lunch | case |
| 5 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wait | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 swim | cc |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 swim | nsubj |
| 8 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 swim | aux |
| 9 | swim | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wait | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | until lunch | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | swim | future | he | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, Captain has died; his body has stopped and he won't wake
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 died | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Captain | Captain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 died | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 died | aux |
| 5 | died | die | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 stopped | advcl |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 died | punct |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 body | nmod:poss |
| 8 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stopped | nsubj |
| 9 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 stopped | aux |
| 10 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 wake | cc |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 wake | nsubj |
| 13 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 wake | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 wake | advmod |
| 15 | wake | wake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 stopped | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present · perfect | Captain | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | stop | present · perfect | Captain's body | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | not wake | future | body | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
No, he is pretending to annoy us
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 pretending | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pretending | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pretending | aux |
| 5 | pretending | pretend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 annoy | mark |
| 7 | annoy | annoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 pretending | xcomp |
| 8 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 annoy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | present · progressive | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | annoy | to-infinitive | he not said here | us | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus we=Experiencer |
Option 4
Yes, fish nap like that every morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 nap | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 nap | nsubj |
| 4 | nap | nap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 that | case |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 nap | obl |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 morning | det |
| 8 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nap | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nap | present | fish | morning | like that | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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