Test 6 · ★ · Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners
In a cartoon, a boy answers "ne mozhna!" by doing it anyway. What does "ne mozhna!" really ask?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: answer, do, ask · To what, where: ne, cartoon
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 30 «Granny's rules, superstitions and good manners» 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: In a cartoon, a boy answers "ne mozhna!" by doing it anyway.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 answers | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 boy | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 answers | nsubj |
| 7 | answers | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 ne | punct |
| 9 | ne | ne | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 answers | obj |
| 10 | mozhna | mozhna | X | _ | 9 ne | flat:foreign |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 9 ne | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 ne | punct |
| 13 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 14 doing | mark |
| 14 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 answers | advcl |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 doing | obj |
| 16 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 14 doing | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 answers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | present | a boy | ne | a cartoon | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ne=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | do | gerund | a boy not said here | cartoon | anyway property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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 does "ne mozhna!" really ask?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 ask | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 ask | aux |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| 4 | ne | ne | X | Foreign=Yes | 2 does | obj |
| 5 | mozhna | mozhna | X | _ | 4 ne | flat:foreign |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 ne | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 ne | punct |
| 8 | really | really | ADV | _ | 9 ask | advmod |
| 9 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present · do-support | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
That you do it quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 do | nsubj |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 do | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 do | obj |
| 5 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 3 do | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | That | it | quickly property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 2
That you ask nicely first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 ask | nsubj |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 ask | nsubj |
| 3 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | nicely | nicely | ADV | _ | 3 ask | advmod |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | That | first, nicely property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
That you try once more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 try | nsubj |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 try | nsubj |
| 3 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 more | advmod |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 try | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | present | That | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
That you stop at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 once | case |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 stop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | That | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location |
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