Test 4 · ★ · A new baby in the house
Gossip at the gate: "Poor Josh, everyone just coos over the baby, he's got his nose right out of joint." What does it mean?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, Gossip, nose · What happens: coo, get, mean · To what, where: Poor Josh, baby, nose, joint
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 19 «A new baby in the house» 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: Gossip at the gate: "Poor Josh, everyone just coos over the baby, he's got his nose right out of joint."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gossip | gossip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Josh | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 gate | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 gate | det |
| 4 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gossip | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 Josh | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Josh | punct |
| 7 | Poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Josh | amod |
| 8 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 coos | punct |
| 10 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 coos | nsubj |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 coos | advmod |
| 12 | coos | coo | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 Josh | acl:relcl |
| 13 | over | over | ADP | _ | 15 baby | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 baby | det |
| 15 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 coos | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 got | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 got | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 got | aux |
| 19 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 Josh | parataxis |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 nose | nmod:poss |
| 21 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 got | obj |
| 22 | right | right | ADV | _ | 25 joint | advmod |
| 23 | out | out | ADP | _ | 25 joint | case |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 joint | case |
| 25 | joint | joint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 got | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 got | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Josh | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | coo in a quote | present | everyone | Poor Josh not said here | the baby | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent josh=Theme | |||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · passive | Gossip | Gossip's nose | joint | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nose=Stimulus |
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: What does it mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | nose | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Josh is proud of being a big brother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 proud | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 proud | cop |
| 3 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 brother | case |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 brother | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 brother | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 brother | amod |
| 8 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 proud | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Josh | proud property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | of a big brother | tree rules |
Option 2
Josh has a cold and a blocked nose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cold | det |
| 4 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 nose | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 nose | det |
| 7 | blocked | block | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 nose | amod |
| 8 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cold | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Josh | a cold and a blocked nose | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient | ||||
| 2 | block | participle | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer |
Option 3
Josh has broken his nose playing football in the yard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 broken | aux |
| 3 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 nose | amod |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 nose | nmod:poss |
| 5 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 nose | acl |
| 7 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 playing | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 yard | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 yard | det |
| 10 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 playing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present · perfect · passive | Josh | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | play | gerund | Josh's broken nose not said here | football | in the yard | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Josh feels left out and jealous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 feels | nsubj |
| 2 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 feels | xcomp |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 left | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 jealous | cc |
| 6 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 left | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | Josh | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | leave out | participle | Josh not said here | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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