Test 9 · ★ · Only joking! Swearing — and Christmas Eve
Sashko says "ne obrazhaisya" after his joke made you sad. What is he trying to do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sashko, joke · What happens: say, make, joke, try, do · To what, where: ne obrazhaisya, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Sashko says "ne obrazhaisya" after his joke made you sad.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sashko | Sashko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 obrazhaisya | punct |
| 4 | ne | ne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 obrazhaisya | compound |
| 5 | obrazhaisya | obrazhaisya | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | obj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 obrazhaisya | punct |
| 7 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 10 made | mark |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 joke | nmod:poss |
| 9 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | nsubj |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 made | obj |
| 12 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 made | xcomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Sashko | ne obrazhaisya | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | past | Sashko's joke | you | sad property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product | |||
| 3 | joke | Sashko | nom joke «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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: What is he trying to do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 trying | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 trying | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trying | nsubj |
| 4 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 do | mark |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 trying | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 trying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | present · progressive | joke | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | joke not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Say goodbye and go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | goodbye | goodbye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 go | cc |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | goodbye | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent goodbye=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Make up with you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Make | compound:prt |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 you | case |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | imperative | you not said here | with you | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Tease you even more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tease | tease | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Tease | obj |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 4 more | advmod |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Tease | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tease | imperative | you not said here | you | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |
Option 4
Ask you for sweets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | iobj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 sweets | case |
| 4 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | you | for sweets | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
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