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.
punct punct nmod:poss case compound nsubj cop conj punct root Oscar PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Grandad PROPN 's PART character NOUN development NOUN is AUX insane ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Oscar Oscar PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 9 insane punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 9 insane punct 4 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 7 development nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 Grandad case 6 character character NOUN Number=Sing 7 development compound 7 development development NOUN Number=Sing 9 insane nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 insane cop 9 insane insane ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Oscar conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Oscar punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present Grandad's character development insane property tree rules
2 develop in a quote Grandad nom 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."
advmod nsubj aux obj punct punct root Next ADV he PRON 'll AUX learn VERB emojis NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Next next ADV _ 4 learn advmod 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 learn nsubj 3 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 learn aux 4 learn learn VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 emojis emoji NOUN Number=Plur 4 learn obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 learn punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 4 learn punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 learn future Grandad emojis next property vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emoji=Topic
Sentence 3: Is this cruel?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX this PRON cruel ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 cruel cop 2 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 cruel nsubj 3 cruel cruel ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 cruel punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present this cruel property tree rules
The options Option 1 Yes; emojis are rude
discourse punct nsubj cop root Yes INTJ ; PUNCT emojis NOUN are AUX rude ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 rude discourse 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 emojis emoji NOUN Number=Plur 5 rude nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 rude cop 5 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present emojis rude property tree rules
Option 2 No, because Grandad can't hear him
discourse punct mark nsubj aux advmod obj root No INTJ , PUNCT because SCONJ Grandad PROPN ca AUX n't PART hear VERB him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 7 hear discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 hear punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 7 hear mark 4 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 7 hear nsubj 5 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 hear aux 6 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 7 hear advmod 7 hear hear VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 hear obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not hear can Grandad him = he vn 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
discourse punct nsubj cop det amod nsubj acl:relcl obj root No INTJ ; PUNCT it PRON 's AUX a DET playful ADJ joke NOUN that PRON praises VERB him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 7 joke discourse 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 joke nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 joke cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 joke det 6 playful playful ADJ Degree=Pos 7 joke amod 7 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 that that PRON PronType=Rel 9 praises nsubj 9 praises praise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 joke acl:relcl 10 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 praises obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present it a playful joke tree rules
2 praise present a playful joke him = he vn 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
discourse punct nsubj nsubj cop ccomp punct nsubj cop conj root Yes INTJ ; PUNCT he PRON says VERB Grandad PROPN is AUX insane ADJ , PUNCT which PRON is AUX rude ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 says discourse 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 4 says punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 7 insane nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 insane cop 7 insane insane ADJ Degree=Pos 4 says ccomp 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 rude punct 9 which which PRON PronType=Rel 11 rude nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 rude cop 11 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 7 insane conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present he vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2 is present Grandad insane property tree rules
3 is present rude property tree rules
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