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Test 9 · Dates, engagements and weddings

Your brother says "Mum's crying, the wedding must be going wrong". Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, Mum, wedding, you · What happens: say, cry, go, put · To what, where: wedding · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 of lesson 13 «Dates, engagements and weddings» 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: Your brother says "Mum's crying, the wedding must be going wrong".

nmod:possnsubjpunctnsubjauxccomppunctdetnsubjauxauxccompxcomppunctpunctrootYourPRONbrotherNOUNsaysVERB"PUNCTMumPROPN'sAUXcryingVERB,PUNCTtheDETweddingNOUNmustAUXbeAUXgoingVERBwrongADJ"PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 brothernmod:poss
2brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4""PUNCT_7 cryingpunct
5MumMumPROPNNumber=Sing7 cryingnsubj
6'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 cryingaux
7cryingcryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 saysccomp
8,,PUNCT_13 goingpunct
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 weddingdet
10weddingweddingNOUNNumber=Sing13 goingnsubj
11mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin13 goingaux
12bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf13 goingaux
13goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 saysccomp
14wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos13 goingxcomp
15""PUNCT_13 goingpunct
16..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour brothervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2cry speech: express in a quotepresent · progressiveMumvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3go in a quotemust · progressivethe weddingwrong propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: Put him right.

objadvmodpunctrootPutVERBhimPRONrightADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PutputVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Putobj
3rightrightADV_1 Putadvmod
4..PUNCT_1 Putpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putimperativeyou not said hereweddingright propertyvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

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

Grown-ups can cry happy tears when they feel love and pride

amodpunctnsubjauxamodobjadvmodnsubjadvclobjccconjrootGrownVERB-PUNCTupsNOUNcanAUXcryVERBhappyADJtearsNOUNwhenADVtheyPRONfeelVERBloveNOUNandCCONJprideNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrowngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 upsamod
2--PUNCT_1 Grownpunct
3upsupNOUNNumber=Plur5 crynsubj
4cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin5 cryaux
5crycryVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6happyhappyADJDegree=Pos7 tearsamod
7tearstearNOUNNumber=Plur5 cryobj
8whenwhenADVPronType=Int10 feeladvmod
9theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs10 feelnsubj
10feelfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 cryadvcl
11loveloveNOUNNumber=Sing10 feelobj
12andandCCONJ_13 pridecc
13prideprideNOUNNumber=Sing11 loveconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growparticiplevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2cry speech: expresscanGrown upshappy tearsvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=Topic
3feelpresentups = uplove and pridevn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Theme

Option 2

Crying always means something has gone badly wrong with the day

csubjadvmodnsubjauxccompadvmodxcompcasedetoblrootCryingVERBalwaysADVmeansVERBsomethingPRONhasAUXgoneVERBbadlyADVwrongADJwithADPtheDETdayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CryingcryVERBVerbForm=Ger3 meanscsubj
2alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot1 Cryingadvmod
3meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4somethingsomethingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind6 gonensubj
5hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 goneaux
6gonegoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part3 meansccomp
7badlybadlyADVDegree=Pos8 wrongadvmod
8wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos6 gonexcomp
9withwithADP_11 daycase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 daydet
11daydayNOUNNumber=Sing6 goneobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cry speech: expressgerundalways propertyvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2meanpresentCryingvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3gopresent · perfectsomethingdaywrong propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She is crying because weddings are boring

nsubjauxmarknsubjcopccomprootShePRONisAUXcryingVERBbecauseSCONJweddingsNOUNareAUXboringADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 cryingnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 cryingaux
3cryingcryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4becausebecauseSCONJ_7 boringmark
5weddingsweddingNOUNNumber=Plur7 boringnsubj
6arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 boringcop
7boringboringADJDegree=Pos3 cryingccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cry speech: expresspresent · progressiveShevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2ispresentweddingsboring propertytree rules

Option 4

She is crying because the food was cold

nsubjauxmarkdetnsubjcopadvclrootShePRONisAUXcryingVERBbecauseSCONJtheDETfoodNOUNwasAUXcoldADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 cryingnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 cryingaux
3cryingcryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4becausebecauseSCONJ_8 coldmark
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 fooddet
6foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing8 coldnsubj
7wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 coldcop
8coldcoldADJDegree=Pos3 cryingadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cry speech: expresspresent · progressiveShevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2ispastthe foodcold propertytree rules

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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