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Test 2 · ★★ · Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop

Grandad's been snapping at everyone all week. Mum: "Go easy, he's on day five without a ciggie." Why is he snappy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, Mum · What happens: snap, go, be · To what, where: everyone

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop» 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: Grandad's been snapping at everyone all week.

nsubjauxauxcaseobldetobl:unmarkedpunctrootGrandadPROPN'sAUXbeenAUXsnappingVERBatADPeveryonePRONallDETweekNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing4 snappingnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 snappingaux
3beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part4 snappingaux
4snappingsnapVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
5atatADP_6 everyonecase
6everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot4 snappingobl
7allallDETPronType=Tot8 weekdet
8weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing4 snappingobl:unmarked
9..PUNCT_4 snappingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1snappresent · progressiveGrandadeveryoneweekvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at everyone=Location

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: Mum: "Go easy, he's on day five without a ciggie."

nsubjpunctpunctxcomppunctnsubjcopcaseobl:unmarkedflatcasedetoblpunctpunctrootMumNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTGoVERBeasyADJ,PUNCThePRON'sAUXonADPdayNOUNfiveNUMwithoutADPaDETciggieNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MummumNOUNNumber=Sing4 Gonsubj
2::PUNCT_4 Gopunct
3""PUNCT_4 Gopunct
4GogoVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5easyeasyADJDegree=Pos4 Goxcomp
6,,PUNCT_10 daypunct
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 daynsubj
8'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 daycop
9ononADP_10 daycase
10daydayNOUNNumber=Sing4 Goobl:unmarked
11fivefiveNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card10 dayflat
12withoutwithoutADP_14 ciggiecase
13aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 ciggiedet
14ciggieciggieNOUNNumber=Sing4 Goobl
15..PUNCT_4 Gopunct
16""PUNCT_4 Gopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1go in a quoteinfinitiveMumwithout a ciggie; easy propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2is in a quotepresentGrandadon daytree rules

Sentence 3: Why is he snappy?

advmodcopnsubjpunctrootWhyADVisAUXhePRONsnappyADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int4 snappyadvmod
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 snappycop
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 snappynsubj
4snappysnappyADJDegree=Posrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 snappypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentGrandadsnappy propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He wants more presents from the family at Christmas

nsubjamodobjcasedetoblcaseoblrootHePRONwantsVERBmoreADJpresentsNOUNfromADPtheDETfamilyNOUNatADPChristmasPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 wantsnsubj
2wantswantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3moremoreADJDegree=Cmp4 presentsamod
4presentspresentNOUNNumber=Plur2 wantsobj
5fromfromADP_7 familycase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 familydet
7familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing2 wantsobl
8atatADP_9 Christmascase
9ChristmasChristmasPROPNNumber=Sing2 wantsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wantpresentHemore presentsthe familyat Christmasvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot present=Theme

Option 2

He has caught a bad cold

nsubj:passauxdetamodobjrootHePRONhasAUXcaughtVERBaDETbadADJcoldNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 caughtnsubj:pass
2hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 caughtaux
3caughtcatchVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 colddet
5badbadADJDegree=Pos6 coldamod
6coldcoldNOUNNumber=Sing3 caughtobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1catchpresent · perfect · passiveHevn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary cold=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

His body is missing nicotine while he quits

nmod:possnsubjcopamodmarknsubjadvclrootHisPRONbodyNOUNisAUXmissingADJnicotineNOUNwhileSCONJhePRONquitsVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 bodynmod:poss
2bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing5 nicotinensubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 nicotinecop
4missingmissingADJDegree=Pos5 nicotineamod
5nicotinenicotineNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6whilewhileSCONJ_8 quitsmark
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 quitsnsubj
8quitsquitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 nicotineadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentHis bodymissing nicotinetree rules
2quitpresenthevn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He is cross with you about your room

nsubjcopcaseoblcasenmod:possoblrootHePRONisAUXcrossADJwithADPyouPRONaboutADPyourPRONroomNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 crossnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 crosscop
3crosscrossADJDegree=Posrootroot
4withwithADP_5 youcase
5youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs3 crossobl
6aboutaboutADP_8 roomcase
7youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 roomnmod:poss
8roomroomNOUNNumber=Sing3 crossobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHewith you; about your room; cross propertytree rules

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