Test 3 · Coffee, tea, wine and the pub
Bad news on the phone; Gran hangs up and says "right, kettle on." Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran, kettle · What happens: hang up, say on
This is test 3 of lesson 27 «Coffee, tea, wine and the pub» 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: Bad news on the phone; Gran hangs up and says "right, kettle on."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 news | amod |
| 2 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 phone | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 phone | det |
| 5 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 news | nmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 hangs | punct |
| 7 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 hangs | nsubj |
| 8 | hangs | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 news | parataxis |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 hangs | compound:prt |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 says | cc |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hangs | conj |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 right | punct |
| 13 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 15 kettle | discourse |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 kettle | punct |
| 15 | kettle | kettle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 says | nsubj |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 says | compound:prt |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 news | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 news | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang up | present | Gran | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say on speech: assert | present | kettle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Making tea is her way of pausing and coping together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 way | csubj |
| 2 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Making | obj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 way | nmod:poss |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 pausing | mark |
| 7 | pausing | pause | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 coping | cc |
| 9 | coping | cope | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 pausing | conj |
| 10 | together | together | ADV | _ | 7 pausing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | gerund | tea | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tea=Product | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | Making | her way | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | pause | gerund | her way not said here | together property | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | cope | gerund | her way not said here | vn cope-83-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
She is far too thirsty to think about the news until she has had a drink
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 thirsty | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thirsty | cop |
| 3 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 thirsty | advmod |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 thirsty | advmod |
| 5 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 think | mark |
| 7 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thirsty | csubj |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 news | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 news | det |
| 10 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 think | obl |
| 11 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 14 had | mark |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 had | nsubj |
| 13 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 had | aux |
| 14 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 think | ccomp |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 drink | det |
| 16 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | far, thirsty property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | about the news | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | have | present · perfect | she | a drink | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient |
Option 3
The news was about her kettle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 news | det |
| 2 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kettle | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 kettle | cop |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 kettle | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 kettle | nmod:poss |
| 6 | kettle | kettle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the news | about her kettle | tree rules |
Option 4
She is pretending nothing happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pretending | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 pretending | aux |
| 3 | pretending | pretend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 happened | nsubj |
| 5 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 pretending | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | present · progressive | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | happen | past | nothing | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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