Test 11 · Screens, diets, sofas and late nights
Dad after his first parkrun: "That nearly killed me, but I feel brilliant now." Why does he feel brilliant?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, I · What happens: kill, feel · To what, where: me
This is test 11 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» 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 after his first parkrun: "That nearly killed me, but I feel brilliant now."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 killed | nsubj |
| 2 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 parkrun | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 parkrun | nmod:poss |
| 4 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 parkrun | amod |
| 5 | parkrun | parkrun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dad | nmod |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 killed | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 killed | punct |
| 8 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 killed | nsubj |
| 9 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 10 killed | advmod |
| 10 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 killed | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 feel | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 feel | cc |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 feel | nsubj |
| 15 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 killed | parataxis |
| 16 | brilliant | brilliant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 feel | xcomp |
| 17 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 feel | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 killed | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 killed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill in a quote | past | Dad after Dad's first parkrun | me | nearly property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||
| 2 | feel in a quote | present | I | now | brilliant property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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: Why does he feel brilliant?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 feel | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 feel | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 feel | nsubj |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | brilliant | brilliant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 feel | xcomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 feel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present · do-support | Dad | brilliant property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He won a big prize for coming first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 won | nsubj |
| 2 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 prize | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 prize | amod |
| 5 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 won | obj |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 7 coming | mark |
| 7 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 prize | acl |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 coming | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | He | a big prize | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | come | gerund | a big prize not said here | first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
He did not really run at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 run | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 run | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 run | advmod |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 run | advmod |
| 5 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not run | past · do-support | He | all | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |
Option 3
He is pleased the run was cancelled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pleased | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 pleased | cop |
| 3 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 run | det |
| 5 | run | run | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cancelled | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 cancelled | aux:pass |
| 7 | cancelled | cancel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 pleased | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | pleased property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cancel | past · passive | the run | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Exercise releases chemicals that lift mood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exercise | exercise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 releases | nsubj |
| 2 | releases | release | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | chemicals | chemical | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 releases | obj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 lift | nsubj |
| 5 | lift | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 chemicals | acl:relcl |
| 6 | mood | mood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lift | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | release | present | Exercise | chemicals | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer chemical=Source | ||||
| 2 | lift | present | chemicals | mood | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mood=Theme |
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