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Test 3 · Moving house and renting a home

Mum snaps "Not now, love, I've got forty boxes and the van's at eight!" Why is she snappy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, I, van · What happens: snap, get, be · To what, where: forty boxes, eight · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 10 «Moving house and renting a home» of the adult life 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: Mum snaps "Not now, love, I've got forty boxes and the van's at eight!"

nsubjpunctadvmodadvmodpunctvocativepunctnsubjauxparataxisnummodobjccdetnsubjcopcaseconjpunctpunctrootMumNOUNsnapsVERB"PUNCTNotPARTnowADV,PUNCTloveNOUN,PUNCTIPRON'veAUXgotVERBfortyNUMboxesNOUNandCCONJtheDETvanNOUN'sAUXatADPeightNUM!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MummumNOUNNumber=Sing2 snapsnsubj
2snapssnapVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3""PUNCT_5 nowpunct
4NotnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 nowadvmod
5nownowADVPronType=Dem2 snapsadvmod
6,,PUNCT_7 lovepunct
7loveloveNOUNNumber=Sing2 snapsvocative
8,,PUNCT_11 gotpunct
9IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs11 gotnsubj
10'vehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 gotaux
11gotgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part2 snapsparataxis
12fortyfortyNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card13 boxesnummod
13boxesboxNOUNNumber=Plur11 gotobj
14andandCCONJ_19 eightcc
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 vandet
16vanvanNOUNNumber=Sing19 eightnsubj
17'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin19 eightcop
18atatADP_19 eightcase
19eighteightNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card13 boxesconj
20!!PUNCT_11 gotpunct
21""PUNCT_2 snapspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1snappresentMumnowlove vocativevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2get in a quotepresent · perfectIforty boxesvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer box=Stimulus
3is in a quotepresentthe vaneighttree rules

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: Why is she snappy?

advmodcopnsubjpunctrootWhyADVisAUXshePRONsnappyADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int4 snappyadvmod
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 snappycop
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 snappynsubj
4snappysnappyADJDegree=Posrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 snappypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentMumsnappy propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She does not want to move at all

nsubjauxadvmodmarkxcompcaseoblrootShePRONdoesAUXnotPARTwantVERBtoPARTmoveVERBatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 wantnsubj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 wantaux
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 wantadvmod
4wantwantVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5totoPART_6 movemark
6movemoveVERBVerbForm=Inf4 wantxcomp
7atatADP_8 allcase
8allallDETPronType=Tot6 moveobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not wantpresent · do-supportShevn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2move not said to happento-infinitiveShe not said hereallvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Moving is very stressful, and it calms down after

nsubjcopadvmodpunctccnsubjadvclcompound:prtcompound:prtrootMovingVERBisAUXveryADVstressfulADJ,PUNCTandCCONJitPRONcalmsVERBdownADPafterADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MovingmoveVERBVerbForm=Ger4 stressfulnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 stressfulcop
3veryveryADV_4 stressfuladvmod
4stressfulstressfulADJDegree=Posrootroot
5,,PUNCT_8 calmspunct
6andandCCONJ_8 calmscc
7ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 calmsnsubj
8calmscalmVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 stressfuladvcl
9downdownADP_8 calmscompound:prt
10afterafterADP_8 calmscompound:prt
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1movegerundvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2ispresentstressful propertytree rules
3calm downpresentitvn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She is angry with you for something you did last week

nsubjcopcaseoblcaseoblnsubjacl:relclamodobl:unmarkedrootShePRONisAUXangryADJwithADPyouPRONforADPsomethingPRONyouPRONdidVERBlastADJweekNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 angrynsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 angrycop
3angryangryADJDegree=Posrootroot
4withwithADP_5 youcase
5youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs3 angryobl
6forforADP_7 somethingcase
7somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind3 angryobl
8youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs9 didnsubj
9diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 somethingacl:relcl
10lastlastADJDegree=Pos11 weekamod
11weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing9 didobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentShewith you; for something; angry propertytree rules
2dopastyouweekvn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Snapping is required when moving house

nsubj:passaux:passadvmodxcompobjrootSnappingNOUNisAUXrequiredVERBwhenADVmovingVERBhouseNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SnappingsnappingNOUNNumber=Sing3 requirednsubj:pass
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 requiredaux:pass
3requiredrequireVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4whenwhenADVPronType=Int5 movingadvmod
5movingmoveVERBVerbForm=Ger3 requiredxcomp
6househouseNOUNNumber=Sing5 movingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1requirepresent · passiveSnappingvn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2movegerundhousevn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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