Test 11 · Farm animals, forest animals and pets

What would happen if you called Sashko's mum "korOva" as a joke?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: happen, call · To what, where: mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 22 «Farm animals, forest animals and pets» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 called	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 called	nsubj
6	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	Sashko	Sashko	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 mum	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Sashko	case
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 korOva	punct
11	korOva	korova	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mum	appos
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 korOva	punct
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 joke	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 joke	det
15	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call a condition, not said to happen	past	you		Sashko's mum			as a joke	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She'd thank you

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 thank	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 thank	aux
3	thank	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
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	thank speech: thank	would	She		you				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 2

Nothing, it means "lady"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 means	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	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 lady	punct
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 lady	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Nothing	lady					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Topic

Option 3

She'd laugh: it means "pretty"

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 laugh	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 laugh	aux
3	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 laugh	parataxis
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 pretty	punct
8	pretty	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	ccomp
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 pretty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	would	She						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She'd be offended: it's an insult

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	4 offended	nsubj:pass
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 offended	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 offended	aux:pass
4	offended	offend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 insult	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 insult	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 insult	cop
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 insult	det
9	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offend	would · passive		She					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	is a	present	it	a insult					tree rules

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