Test 2 · ★ · Sore backs, glasses and feeling low Mum, patting her pockets: "Where are my bloody glasses?" They are on top of her head. What do you say?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, pockets, you · What happens: pat, be, say · To what, where: pockets, bloody glasses, top · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 22 «Sore backs, glasses and feeling low» 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, patting her pockets: "Where are my bloody glasses?"
nsubj punct nmod:poss obj punct punct advmod cop nmod:poss amod obl punct punct root Mum NOUN , PUNCT patting VERB her PRON pockets NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Where ADV are AUX my PRON bloody ADJ glasses NOUN ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 3 patting nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 patting punct 3 patting pat VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 pockets nmod:poss 5 pockets pocket NOUN Number=Plur 3 patting obj 6 : : PUNCT _ 12 glasses punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 8 Where punct 8 Where where ADV PronType=Rel 12 glasses advmod 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 glasses cop 10 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 glasses nmod:poss 11 bloody bloody ADJ Degree=Pos 12 glasses amod 12 glasses glass NOUN Number=Plur 3 patting obl 13 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 patting punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 3 patting punct
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1 pat gerund Mum Mum's pockets vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pocket=Theme 2 is a in a quote present my bloody glasses tree 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: They are on top of her head.
nsubj cop case case nmod:poss nmod punct root They PRON are AUX on ADP top NOUN of ADP her PRON head NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 top nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 top cop 3 on on ADP _ 4 top case 4 top top NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 head case 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 head nmod:poss 7 head head NOUN Number=Sing 4 top nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 top punct
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1 is present pockets = pocket top of Mum's head tree rules
Sentence 3: What do you say?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON do AUX you PRON say VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 say obj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 say aux 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 say nsubj 4 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 say punct
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1 say speech: assert present · do-support you vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 "Glasses are only for old people."
punct nsubj cop advmod case amod punct punct root " PUNCT Glasses NOUN are AUX only ADV for ADP old ADJ people NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 7 people punct 2 Glasses glass NOUN Number=Plur 7 people nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 people cop 4 only only ADV _ 7 people advmod 5 for for ADP _ 7 people case 6 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 7 people amod 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 people punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 7 people punct
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1 is in a quote present Glasses for old people tree rules
Option 2 "You must have lost them for ever."
punct nsubj aux aux obj case obl punct punct root " PUNCT You PRON must AUX have AUX lost VERB them PRON for ADP ever ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 5 lost punct 2 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 lost nsubj 3 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 lost aux 4 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 lost aux 5 lost lose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 6 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 lost obj 7 for for ADP _ 8 ever case 8 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 5 lost obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 lost punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 5 lost punct
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1 lose in a quote must · perfect You them = they vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer "They're on your head, Mum!"
punct nsubj cop case nmod:poss punct conj punct punct root " PUNCT They PRON 're AUX on ADP your PRON head NOUN , PUNCT Mum NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 6 head punct 2 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 head nsubj 3 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 head cop 4 on on ADP _ 6 head case 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 head nmod:poss 6 head head NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 Mum punct 8 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 6 head conj 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 6 head punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 6 head punct
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1 is in a quote present They your head and Mum tree rules
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice "You don't need glasses to see, Mum."
punct nsubj aux advmod obj mark xcomp punct obj punct punct root " PUNCT You PRON do AUX n't PART need VERB glasses NOUN to PART see VERB , PUNCT Mum NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 5 need punct 2 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 need nsubj 3 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 need aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 need advmod 5 need need VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 glasses glass NOUN Number=Plur 5 need obj 7 to to PART _ 8 see mark 8 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 need xcomp 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 Mum punct 10 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 8 see obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 need punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 5 need punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not need in a quote present · do-support You glasses tree rules 2 see not said to happen, in a quote to-infinitive glasses not said here Mum vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus
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