Test 10 · ★ · Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel
Mia's friend: "Your dog came in to personally disprove you. Iconic." Why does everyone laugh, Mia included?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, everyone · What happens: come in, disprove, laugh, include · To what, where: you, Mia
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 190 «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» 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: Mia's friend: "Your dog came in to personally disprove you.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mia | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 friend | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 came | punct |
| 6 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dog | nmod:poss |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADV | _ | 8 came | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 disprove | mark |
| 11 | personally | personally | ADV | _ | 12 disprove | advmod |
| 12 | disprove | disprove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 came | advcl |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 disprove | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in in a quote | past | Mia's friend | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | disprove in a quote | to-infinitive | Mia's friend not said here | you | personally property | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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: Iconic."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iconic | iconic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Iconic | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Iconic | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Why does everyone laugh, Mia included?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 laugh | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 laugh | aux |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 laugh | nsubj |
| 4 | laugh | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 laugh | punct |
| 6 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 included | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | included | include | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 laugh | advcl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 laugh | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present · do-support | everyone | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | include | participle · passive | Mia | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She joked about her own mistake
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 joked | nsubj |
| 2 | joked | joke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 mistake | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mistake | nmod:poss |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 mistake | amod |
| 6 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 joked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | joke speech: other | past | She | about her own mistake | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about mistake=Topic | ||||
| 2 | mistake | her = she | nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Her dog turned out to be brown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 dog | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turned | nsubj |
| 3 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 turned | compound:prt |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 brown | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 brown | cop |
| 7 | brown | brown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 turned | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn out | past | Her dog | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | Her dog not said here | brown property | tree rules |
Option 3
They think Mia is silly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 think | nsubj |
| 2 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 silly | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 silly | cop |
| 5 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 think | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | They | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Mia | silly property | tree rules |
Option 4
They are all laughing at her silly dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 laughing | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 laughing | aux |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 4 laughing | advmod |
| 4 | laughing | laugh | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 dog | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 dog | nmod:poss |
| 7 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dog | amod |
| 8 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 laughing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present · progressive | They | at her silly dog; all property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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