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Test 9 · ★ · Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel

Oscar: "Grandad's character development is insane. Next he'll learn emojis." Is this cruel?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: character development, Grandad, this · What happens: be, develop, learn · To what, where: emojis

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Oscar: "Grandad's character development is insane.

punctpunctnmod:posscasecompoundnsubjcopconjpunctrootOscarPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTGrandadPROPN'sPARTcharacterNOUNdevelopmentNOUNisAUXinsaneADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OscarOscarPROPNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_9 insanepunct
3""PUNCT_9 insanepunct
4GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing7 developmentnmod:poss
5's'sPART_4 Grandadcase
6charactercharacterNOUNNumber=Sing7 developmentcompound
7developmentdevelopmentNOUNNumber=Sing9 insanensubj
8isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 insanecop
9insaneinsaneADJDegree=Pos1 Oscarconj
10..PUNCT_1 Oscarpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is in a quotepresentGrandad's character developmentinsane propertytree rules
2develop in a quoteGrandadnom development «act transitive»: poss=agent

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: Next he'll learn emojis."

advmodnsubjauxobjpunctpunctrootNextADVhePRON'llAUXlearnVERBemojisNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NextnextADV_4 learnadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 learnnsubj
3'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin4 learnaux
4learnlearnVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5emojisemojiNOUNNumber=Plur4 learnobj
6..PUNCT_4 learnpunct
7""PUNCT_4 learnpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1learnfutureGrandademojisnext propertyvn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emoji=Topic

Sentence 3: Is this cruel?

copnsubjpunctrootIsAUXthisPRONcruelADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IsbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 cruelcop
2thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem3 cruelnsubj
3cruelcruelADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 cruelpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentthiscruel propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes; emojis are rude

discoursepunctnsubjcoprootYesINTJ;PUNCTemojisNOUNareAUXrudeADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos5 rudediscourse
2;;PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3emojisemojiNOUNNumber=Plur5 rudensubj
4arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 rudecop
5ruderudeADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentemojisrude propertytree rules

Option 2

No, because Grandad can't hear him

discoursepunctmarknsubjauxadvmodobjrootNoINTJ,PUNCTbecauseSCONJGrandadPROPNcaAUXn'tPARThearVERBhimPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg7 heardiscourse
2,,PUNCT_7 hearpunct
3becausebecauseSCONJ_7 hearmark
4GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing7 hearnsubj
5cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin7 hearaux
6n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg7 hearadvmod
7hearhearVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
8himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 hearobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not hearcanGrandadhim = hevn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No; it's a playful joke that praises him

discoursepunctnsubjcopdetamodnsubjacl:relclobjrootNoINTJ;PUNCTitPRON'sAUXaDETplayfulADJjokeNOUNthatPRONpraisesVERBhimPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg7 jokediscourse
2;;PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 jokensubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 jokecop
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 jokedet
6playfulplayfulADJDegree=Pos7 jokeamod
7jokejokeNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
8thatthatPRONPronType=Rel9 praisesnsubj
9praisespraiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 jokeacl:relcl
10himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 praisesobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentita playful joketree rules
2praisepresenta playful jokehim = hevn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes; he says Grandad is insane, which is rude

discoursepunctnsubjnsubjcopccomppunctnsubjcopconjrootYesINTJ;PUNCThePRONsaysVERBGrandadPROPNisAUXinsaneADJ,PUNCTwhichPRONisAUXrudeADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos4 saysdiscourse
2;;PUNCT_4 sayspunct
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 saysnsubj
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing7 insanensubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 insanecop
7insaneinsaneADJDegree=Pos4 saysccomp
8,,PUNCT_11 rudepunct
9whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel11 rudensubj
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 rudecop
11ruderudeADJDegree=Pos7 insaneconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresenthevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2ispresentGrandadinsane propertytree rules
3ispresentrude propertytree rules

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