Test 5 · Farm animals, forest animals and pets
Sashko's brother yells "svynya!" at him for eating all the sweets. Is it a compliment?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, svynya · What happens: yell, eat, be · To what, where: svynya, sweets, compliment
This is test 5 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
Sentence 1: Sashko's brother yells "svynya!" at him for eating all the sweets.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sashko | Sashko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sashko | case |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 yells | nsubj |
| 4 | yells | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 svynya | punct |
| 6 | svynya | svynya | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 yells | obj |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 svynya | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 svynya | punct |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 yells | obl |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 eating | mark |
| 12 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 yells | advcl |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 sweets | det:predet |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sweets | det |
| 15 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 eating | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 yells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | present | Sashko's brother | svynya | at Sashko | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent svynya=Theme at he=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | eat | gerund | Sashko's brother not said here | all sweets | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=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: Is it a compliment?
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 | 4 compliment | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 compliment | nsubj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 compliment | det |
| 4 | compliment | compliment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 compliment | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | svynya | a compliment | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, it means "fast eater"
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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 eater | punct |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 eater | amod |
| 7 | eater | eater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 eater | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | fast eater | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eater=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it means "clever"
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 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 clever | punct |
| 6 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | xcomp |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 clever | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | clever property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, an insult: pig, slob
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 insult | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 insult | punct |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 insult | det |
| 4 | insult | insult | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 pig | punct |
| 6 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 insult | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 slob | punct |
| 8 | slob | slob | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pig | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
No, it means "hungry"
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 hungry | punct |
| 6 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | ccomp |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 hungry | punct |
| # | 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 |
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