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Test 6 · Coffee, tea, wine and the pub

Dad, groaning: "Never again. Why did I let Mick buy that last round?" What is Dad suffering from?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, I, Mick · What happens: groan, let, buy, suffer · To what, where: Mick, last round

This is test 6 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: Dad, groaning: "Never again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 groaning	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 groaning	punct
3	groaning	groan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 again	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 again	punct
6	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 again	advmod
7	again	again	ADV	_	3 groaning	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 groaning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	groan	gerund	Dad				again		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: 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 did I let Mick buy that last round?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 let	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 let	aux
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 let	nsubj
4	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	Mick	Mick	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 let	obj
6	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 let	xcomp
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 round	det
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 round	amod
9	round	round	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buy	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 let	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past · do-support	I	Mick					tree rules
2	buy	infinitive	Mick not said here	that last round					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent round=Theme

Sentence 3: What is Dad suffering from?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 suffering	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 suffering	aux
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 suffering	nsubj
4	suffering	suffer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	4 suffering	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 suffering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	present · progressive	Dad						vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A cold he caught from Mick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cold	det
2	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caught	nsubj
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 caught	nsubj
4	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Mick	case
6	Mick	Mick	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	a cold			Mick			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from mick=Source

Option 2

Toothache from too many sweets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toothache	toothache	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	5 sweets	case
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 many	advmod
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sweets	amod
5	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Toothache	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Tiredness from working late

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tiredness	tiredness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	SCONJ	_	3 working	mark
3	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Tiredness	acl
4	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 working	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	gerund	Tiredness not said here					late property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A hangover from drinking too much

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hangover	det
2	hangover	hangover	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	SCONJ	_	4 drinking	mark
4	drinking	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 hangover	acl
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 drinking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	gerund	a hangover not said here	much					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient

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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