Test 8 · ★ · Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve
You call Sashko "zaichyk" in front of the football team. How does he feel?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, he · What happens: call, feel · To what, where: Sashko zaichyk, front · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 27 «Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve» 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: You call Sashko "zaichyk" in front of the football team.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 call | nsubj |
| 2 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Sashko | Sashko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 zaichyk | compound |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 zaichyk | punct |
| 5 | zaichyk | zaichyk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 call | obj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 zaichyk | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 front | case |
| 8 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 call | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 team | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 team | det |
| 11 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 team | compound |
| 12 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 front | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 call | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | You | Sashko zaichyk | front of the football team | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent zaichyk=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.
Sentence 2: How does he feel?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 feel | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 feel | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 feel | nsubj |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 feel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present · do-support | he | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Angry: it's a swear word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 word | amod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 word | 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 | swear | swear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 word | compound |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a Angry swear word | tree rules |
Option 2
Proud: it means champion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | 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 | champion | champion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Proud | champion | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent champion=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Embarrassed: it's for little kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Embarrassed | embarrassed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kids | amod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 kids | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 kids | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 kids | cop |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 kids | case |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kids | amod |
| 7 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | for Embarrassed little kids | tree rules |
Option 4
Hungry: it means dinner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | advmod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | 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 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | dinner | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Topic |
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