Test 9 · Hi, hello and how are you
In a cartoon a boy says «poKA!» as he arrives at a party. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: say, arrive, be · To what, where: poKA, cartoon, party · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 1 «Hi, hello and how are you» of the Ukrainian street 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 boy says «poKA!» as he arrives at a party.
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 | 6 says | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 poKA | punct |
| 8 | poKA | poKA | X | Foreign=Yes | 6 says | obj |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 poKA | punct |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 poKA | punct |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 arrives | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 arrives | nsubj |
| 13 | arrives | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 says | advcl |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 party | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 party | det |
| 16 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 arrives | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a boy | poKA | a cartoon | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent poka=Theme in cartoon=Manner | |||
| 2 | arrive | present | boy | a party | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
poKA means thank you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poKA | poKA | X | Foreign=Yes | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | ccomp |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 thank | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | poKA | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | thank speech: thank | present | you | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 2
poKA is only for grown-ups
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poKA | poKA | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 ups | compound |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ups | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 ups | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 ups | case |
| 5 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 ups | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 grown | punct |
| 7 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | for poKA grown ups | tree rules |
Option 3
Nothing, poKA is hello
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 poKA | punct |
| 3 | poKA | poKA | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hello | cop |
| 5 | hello | hello | INTJ | _ | 1 Nothing | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
poKA is bye, not hello
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poKA | poKA | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 bye | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 bye | cop |
| 3 | bye | bye | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hello | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 hello | advmod |
| 6 | hello | hello | INTJ | _ | 3 bye | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | poKA | bye property | tree rules |
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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