Test 11 · I know! The head — and happy, angry, bored, scared
Your friend snaps "ya zlyi!" and slams his bag down. What is the best next step?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, best next step · What happens: snap, slam down, be · To what, where: zlyi, bag
This is test 11 of lesson 18 «I know! The head — and happy, angry, bored, scared» 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: Your friend snaps "ya zlyi!" and slams his bag down.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 snaps | nsubj |
| 3 | snaps | snap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 zlyi | punct |
| 5 | ya | ya | X | _ | 6 zlyi | advmod |
| 6 | zlyi | zlyi | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 snaps | obj |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 zlyi | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 zlyi | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 slams | cc |
| 10 | slams | slam | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 snaps | conj |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 bag | nmod:poss |
| 12 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 slams | obj |
| 13 | down | down | ADV | _ | 10 slams | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 snaps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snap | present | Your friend | zlyi | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location zlyi=Theme | ||||
| 2 | slam down | present | Your friend not said here | friend's bag | down property | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=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 is the best next step?
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 | 6 step | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 step | amod |
| 5 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 step | amod |
| 6 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best next step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Say "ya znAyu!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 ya | punct |
| 3 | ya | ya | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 Say | obj |
| 4 | znAyu | znAyu | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 ya | flat:foreign |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Say | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | ya | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ya=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Ask "chomu?" and give him a minute
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 chomu | punct |
| 3 | chomu | chomu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 chomu | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 chomu | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 give | cc |
| 7 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ask | conj |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 give | iobj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 minute | det |
| 10 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | chomu | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent chomu=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | give | infinitive | you not said here | him = he | minute | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Laugh and call him a baby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 call | cc |
| 3 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Laugh | conj |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 call | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 baby | det |
| 6 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 call | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | call | infinitive | you not said here | him = he | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
Option 4
Tell him "molodEts!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 molodEts | punct |
| 4 | molodEts | molodet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Tell | obl |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Tell | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | molodEts | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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