Test 10 · ★★ · Souls, ghosts and stories
«Lol Ella thinks her nan's a ghost, she's delulu,» says a girl at school (delulu = deluded). What's the kind response?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ella, nan, girl, kind response · What happens: think, be, say, delude · To what, where: ghost, delulu · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Souls, ghosts and stories» 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: «Lol Ella thinks her nan's a ghost, she's delulu,» says a girl at school (delulu = deluded).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 thinks | punct |
| 2 | Lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 thinks | discourse |
| 3 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 thinks | nsubj |
| 4 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 nan | nmod:poss |
| 6 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ghost | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 ghost | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 ghost | det |
| 9 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thinks | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 delulu | punct |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 delulu | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 delulu | cop |
| 13 | delulu | delulu | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 ghost | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 says | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 says | punct |
| 16 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 delulu | parataxis |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 girl | det |
| 18 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 says | nsubj |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 school | case |
| 20 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 girl | nmod |
| 21 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 24 deluded | punct |
| 22 | delulu | delulu | X | Foreign=Yes | 24 deluded | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | = | = | SYM | _ | 24 deluded | punct |
| 24 | deluded | delude | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 girl | acl |
| 25 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 24 deluded | punct |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 thinks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other in a quote | present | Ella | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Ella's nan | a ghost | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | a girl at school | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | delude | participle · passive | a girl at school not said here | delulu | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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 kind response?
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 | 5 response | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 response | amod |
| 5 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kind response | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She's right, Ella is being silly and should grow up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 silly | punct |
| 5 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 silly | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 silly | cop |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 silly | cop |
| 8 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 right | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 grow | cc |
| 10 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 grow | aux |
| 11 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | conj |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 grow | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Ella | silly property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | grow up | should | She not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Ella is lying to make friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lying | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lying | aux |
| 3 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 lying | advcl |
| 6 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present · progressive | Ella | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | Ella not said here | friends | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |
Option 3
Ella should be laughed at until she stops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 laughed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 laughed | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 laughed | aux:pass |
| 4 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 laughed | obl |
| 6 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 stops | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stops | nsubj |
| 8 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 laughed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | should · passive | Ella | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stop | present | Ella | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Ella misses her nan; dreams like that are normal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 misses | nsubj |
| 2 | misses | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 nan | nmod:poss |
| 4 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 misses | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 dreams | punct |
| 6 | dreams | dream | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 normal | nsubj |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 that | case |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 dreams | nmod |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 normal | cop |
| 10 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 misses | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | present | Ella | Ella's nan | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nan=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | present | dreams like that | normal property | tree rules |
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