Test 1 · Calling Mum and Granny; counting one to eight
Two kids shout for their mum, one «MAma!» and the other «MAmo!». Which is the proper calling form?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two kids · What happens: shout, be · To what, where: proper calling form
This is test 1 of lesson 7 «Calling Mum and Granny; counting one to eight» 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: Two kids shout for their mum, one «MAma!» and the other «MAmo!».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 kids | nummod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 shout | nsubj |
| 3 | shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 mum | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mum | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shout | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 MAma | punct |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 MAma | nummod |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 MAma | punct |
| 10 | MAma | mama | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mum | appos |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 MAma | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 MAma | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 MAmo | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 MAmo | det |
| 15 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 MAmo | amod |
| 16 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 17 MAmo | punct |
| 17 | MAmo | mamo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mum | conj |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 17 MAmo | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 MAmo | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shout | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | Two kids | for kids's mum and the other MAmo | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for mum=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: Which is the proper calling form?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 form | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 form | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 form | det |
| 4 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 form | amod |
| 5 | calling | calling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 form | compound |
| 6 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 form | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the proper calling form | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Neither, you must shout MAmy!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 5 shout | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 shout | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 shout | aux |
| 5 | shout | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | MAmy | MAmy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 shout | obj |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 shout | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | must | you | MAmy | neither property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mamy=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
MAmo!, the calling form
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAmo | mamo | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 MAmo | punct |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 form | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 form | det |
| 5 | calling | calling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 form | compound |
| 6 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 MAmo | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Neither, you must shout TAtu!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 5 shout | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 shout | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 shout | aux |
| 5 | shout | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | TAtu | TAtu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 shout | obj |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 shout | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | must | you | TAtu | neither property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tatu=Topic |
Option 4
MAma!, the only form there is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAma | mama | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 is | nsubj |
| 2 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 MAma | punct |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 form | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 form | det |
| 5 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 form | amod |
| 6 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 MAma | conj |
| 7 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 8 is | expl |
| 8 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | does | present | MAma and the only form | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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