Test 6 · ★★ · Bets, dares and silly reasons
Jade: "If it's not on, you touch it." Lily: "...Nah, I'm good." What does Lily's answer show?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jade, you, I, Lily · What happens: not be, touch, be, do, show · To what, where: Jade, answer show
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 169 «Bets, dares and silly reasons» of the world 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: Jade: "If it's not on, you touch it."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jade | jade | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 touch | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 touch | punct |
| 4 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 on | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 on | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 on | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 on | advmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADV | _ | 11 touch | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 on | punct |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 touch | nsubj |
| 11 | touch | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Jade | parataxis |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 touch | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jade | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jade | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | Jade | on property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | touch in a quote | present | you | Jade | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |
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: Lily: "...
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lily | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lily | punct |
| 4 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lily | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Nah, I'm good."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 good | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 good | nsubj |
| 4 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 good | cop |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 good | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 good | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | I | good property | tree rules |
Sentence 4: What does Lily's answer show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 show | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Lily | case |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 show | compound |
| 6 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | Lily's answer show | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | show | Lily | nom show «act transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1
She is a lot braver than Jade will ever be
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 braver | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 braver | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lot | det |
| 4 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 braver | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | braver | brave | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 Jade | case |
| 7 | Jade | Jade | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 braver | obl |
| 8 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 be | aux |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 10 be | advmod |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 braver | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | than Jade; a lot obl:unmarked; brave property | tree rules |
Option 2
She is completely sure the fence is off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sure | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sure | cop |
| 3 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 4 sure | advmod |
| 4 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fence | det |
| 6 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 off | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 off | cop |
| 8 | off | off | ADV | _ | 4 sure | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | completely, sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the fence | off property | tree rules |
Option 3
She wants to touch it a bit later on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 touch | mark |
| 4 | touch | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 touch | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 later | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 touch | advmod |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 touch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | She | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | touch not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | it | late property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She doesn't believe her own claim
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 believe | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 believe | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 believe | advmod |
| 4 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 claim | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 claim | amod |
| 7 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 believe | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not believe | present · do-support | She | her own claim | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer claim=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | claim | her = she | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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