Test 7 · Screens, diets, sofas and late nights
Auntie: "I can't, I'm on this new juice diet, just juice for three weeks." Gran: "Faddy nonsense." What does Gran think?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Gran · What happens: be, think · To what, where: new juice diet
This is test 7 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: Auntie: "I can't, I'm on this new juice diet, just juice for three weeks."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auntie | auntie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Auntie | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 ca | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 ca | nsubj |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 1 Auntie | parataxis |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 ca | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 diet | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 diet | nsubj |
| 9 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 diet | cop |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 diet | case |
| 11 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 diet | nsubj |
| 12 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 diet | amod |
| 13 | juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 diet | compound |
| 14 | diet | diet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ca | appos |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 juice | punct |
| 16 | just | just | ADV | _ | 17 juice | advmod |
| 17 | juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 diet | conj |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 weeks | case |
| 19 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 weeks | nummod |
| 20 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 juice | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Auntie | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Auntie | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | I | new juice diet and juice for three weeks | 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: Gran: "Faddy nonsense."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nonsense | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 nonsense | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 nonsense | punct |
| 4 | Faddy | faddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 nonsense | amod |
| 5 | nonsense | nonsense | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 nonsense | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 nonsense | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What does Gran think?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 think | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 think | aux |
| 3 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 think | nsubj |
| 4 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present · do-support | Gran | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Auntie should drink more juice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auntie | auntie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drink | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 drink | aux |
| 3 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 juice | amod |
| 5 | juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drink | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | should | Auntie | more juice | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent juice=Patient |
Option 2
Juice is the best food for adults
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 food | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 food | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 food | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 food | amod |
| 5 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 adults | case |
| 7 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 food | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Juice | the best food | for adults | tree rules |
Option 3
It is a sensible healthy plan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 plan | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 plan | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 plan | det |
| 4 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 plan | amod |
| 5 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 plan | amod |
| 6 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a sensible healthy plan | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It is a fad diet that will not last
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 diet | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 diet | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 diet | det |
| 4 | fad | fad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 diet | compound |
| 5 | diet | diet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 last | nsubj |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 last | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 last | advmod |
| 9 | last | last | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 diet | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a fad diet | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not last | future | a fad diet | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
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