Test 2 · ★ · Bruises and hand-washing; cats, dogs and ponies
Sashko's mum calls him "kotyku" in front of you and he goes red. Is she calling him a cat?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, Sashko · What happens: call, go · To what, where: Sashko, front · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 21 «Bruises and hand-washing; cats, dogs and ponies» 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: Sashko's mum calls him "kotyku" in front of you and he goes red.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sashko | Sashko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sashko | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calls | nsubj |
| 4 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 calls | obj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 kotyku | punct |
| 7 | kotyku | kotyku | NOUN | Foreign=Yes | 4 calls | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 kotyku | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 front | case |
| 10 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calls | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 you | case |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 front | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 goes | cc |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 goes | nsubj |
| 15 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 calls | conj |
| 16 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 goes | xcomp |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | Sashko's mum | Sashko | front of you | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme kotyku=Result | |||
| 2 | go | present | Sashko | red property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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: Is she calling him a cat?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 calling | aux |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 calling | nsubj |
| 3 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 calling | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cat | det |
| 6 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 calling | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 calling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present · progressive | mum | Sashko | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme cat=Result |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, it means "hurry up" in Ukrainian
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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 hurry | punct |
| 6 | hurry | hurry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 means | xcomp |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 hurry | compound:prt |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 hurry | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 Ukrainian | case |
| 10 | Ukrainian | Ukrainian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 hurry | obl |
| # | 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 clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | hurry up not said to happen, in a quote | infinitive | Ukrainian | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ukrainian=Trajectory |
Option 2
Yes, she thinks he's furry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 thinks | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thinks | nsubj |
| 4 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 furry | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 furry | cop |
| 7 | furry | furry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thinks | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | she | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | he | furry property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, she is telling him off for being lazy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 telling | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 telling | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 telling | aux |
| 5 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 telling | iobj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 telling | compound:prt |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 lazy | case |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 lazy | cop |
| 10 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 telling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell off speech: assert | present · progressive | she | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | lazy property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's a loving word, like "darling"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 word | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 word | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 word | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 6 | loving | loving | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 word | amod |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 darling | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 darling | case |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 darling | punct |
| 11 | darling | darling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 word | nmod |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 darling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a loving word | like darling | tree rules |
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