Test 6 · I know! The head — and happy, angry, bored, scared
A sign on a farm says "zlyi pes". Your mate says "aww, the dog's just a bit grumpy, go stroke it". Should you?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sign, mate · What happens: say, go, stroke · To what, where: zlyi pes, dog · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: A sign on a farm says "zlyi pes".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sign | det |
| 2 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 farm | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 farm | det |
| 5 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sign | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 pes | punct |
| 8 | zlyi | zlyi | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 pes | flat:foreign |
| 9 | pes | pe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 says | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 pes | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a sign on a farm | zlyi pes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pe=Topic |
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: Your mate says "aww, the dog's just a bit grumpy, go stroke it".
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 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 aww | punct |
| 5 | aww | aww | INTJ | _ | 3 says | discourse |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 grumpy | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dog | det |
| 8 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 grumpy | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 dog | case |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 grumpy | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 bit | det |
| 12 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 grumpy | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | grumpy | grumpy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 go | punct |
| 15 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 13 grumpy | parataxis |
| 16 | stroke | stroke | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 go | xcomp |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 stroke | obj |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 grumpy | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | go in a quote | infinitive | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | stroke in a quote | infinitive | dog | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Sentence 3: Should you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 2 you | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 you | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, zlyi only means sad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | zlyi | zlyi | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 means | advmod |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | zlyi | sad property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
No, it means the dog is asleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dog | det |
| 6 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 asleep | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 asleep | cop |
| 8 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the dog | asleep property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, it means a vicious dog: keep away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dog | det |
| 6 | vicious | vicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dog | amod |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 keep | punct |
| 9 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 means | conj |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 keep | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | a vicious dog | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic | ||||
| 2 | keep away | infinitive | away property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, it means a friendly dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dog | det |
| 6 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dog | amod |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | a friendly dog | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic |
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