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Test 9 · Some, all, none and "not all"

Oscar's friend: "Bro, you've got a sticker. A shiny one. You cried for nothing." Why did Oscar cry for nothing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Oscar · What happens: get, cry · To what, where: sticker

This is test 9 of lesson 185 «Some, all, none and "not all"» 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: Oscar's friend: "Bro, you've got a sticker.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oscar	Oscar	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Oscar	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Bro	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Bro	punct
6	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 friend	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
9	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 got	aux
10	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 Bro	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sticker	det
12	sticker	sticker	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 friend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	present · perfect	you	a sticker					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sticker=Stimulus

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: A shiny one.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 one	det
2	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 one	amod
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 one	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: You cried for nothing."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 nothing	case
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 cried	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cried	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	You					for nothing	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for nothing=Recipient

Sentence 4: Why did Oscar cry for nothing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 cry	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cry	aux
3	Oscar	Oscar	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cry	nsubj
4	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 nothing	case
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 cry	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past · do-support	Oscar					for nothing	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for nothing=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"Not every kid" didn't say it was him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 kid	punct
2	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 kid	advmod
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 kid	det
4	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 say	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 say	advmod
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 kid	acl:relcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 say	obj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 him	cop
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kid	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	past · do-support	every kid not said here	kid					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	is a	past		him = he					tree rules

Option 2

"Not every" means that nobody got one at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 every	punct
2	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 every	advmod
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 every	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 got	mark
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 got	nsubj
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 means	ccomp
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 got	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	every						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	past	nobody	one		all			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent one=Theme at all=Asset

Option 3

The teacher said Oscar got no sticker today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Oscar	Oscar	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 sticker	det
7	sticker	sticker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj
8	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the teacher						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	past	Oscar	no sticker			today		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sticker=Stimulus

Option 4

Stickers can't be shiny, so it doesn't count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stickers	sticker	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 shiny	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 shiny	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 shiny	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 shiny	cop
5	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 count	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 count	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 count	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 count	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 count	advmod
11	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 shiny	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	can	Stickers					shiny property	tree rules
2	not count	present · do-support	it						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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