Test 10 · I don't understand — and what's your name?
In a cartoon a girl named Olena is called OlEnka by her granny. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: granny · What happens: name, call · To what, where: girl, cartoon · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 4 «I don't understand — and what's your name?» 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 girl named Olena is called OlEnka by her granny.
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 | 9 called | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 called | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 girl | acl |
| 7 | Olena | Olena | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 named | xcomp |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 called | aux:pass |
| 9 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | OlEnka | OlEnka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 called | xcomp |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 granny | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 granny | nmod:poss |
| 13 | granny | granny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 called | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 called | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | name | participle | a girl not said here | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | call | present · passive | girl's granny | a girl | a cartoon | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=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: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It means «naughty Olena»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 Olena | punct |
| 4 | naughty | naughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Olena | amod |
| 5 | Olena | Olena | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 Olena | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | naughty Olena | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent olena=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It is a loving pet form of Olena
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 form | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 form | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 form | det |
| 4 | loving | loving | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 form | amod |
| 5 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 form | compound |
| 6 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Olena | case |
| 8 | Olena | Olena | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 form | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a loving pet form | of Olena | tree rules |
Option 3
Granny forgot her name and guessed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granny | Granny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 name | nmod:poss |
| 4 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 forgot | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 guessed | cc |
| 6 | guessed | guess | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 forgot | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | Granny | Granny's name | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | guess | participle | Granny not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | name | Granny | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
OlEnka is her sister
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OlEnka | OlEnka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sister | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sister | cop |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 sister | nmod:poss |
| 4 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | OlEnka | OlEnka's sister | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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