Test 6 · ★ · Police, courts and prison
Gossip: "Gary's brother's been sent down, three years, his poor mum." What should you do if you see Gary?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: poor mum, you · What happens: send down, do, see · To what, where: Gossip, Gary
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 30 «Police, courts and prison» 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: Gossip: "Gary's brother's been sent down, three years, his poor mum."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gossip | gossip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 sent | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 sent | punct |
| 4 | Gary | Gary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 brother | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Gary | case |
| 6 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 sent | aux |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 sent | aux:pass |
| 9 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | down | down | ADP | _ | 9 sent | compound:prt |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sent | punct |
| 12 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 years | nummod |
| 13 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sent | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 mum | punct |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 mum | nmod:poss |
| 16 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 mum | amod |
| 17 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sent | obl:agent |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 sent | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send down in a quote | present · passive | Gary's poor mum | Gossip | year | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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: What should you do if you see Gary?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 see | nsubj |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | advcl |
| 8 | Gary | Gary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | see a condition, not said to happen | present | you | Gary | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gary=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
Stop talking to Gary for ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Stop | xcomp |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 Gary | case |
| 4 | Gary | Gary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 talking | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 ever | case |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 2 talking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | talk | gerund | you not said here | Gary | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to gary=Co-Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Tell everyone Gary is a criminal too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | Gary | Gary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 criminal | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 criminal | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 criminal | det |
| 6 | criminal | criminal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 1 Tell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | Gary | a criminal | tree rules |
Option 3
Tease Gary about his brother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tease | tease | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Gary | Gary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Tease | obj |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 brother | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 brother | nmod:poss |
| 5 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tease | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tease | imperative | you not said here | Gary | about Gary's brother | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gary=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Be kind, because it is hard for his family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 2 kind | cop |
| 2 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hard | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 hard | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hard | expl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 hard | cop |
| 7 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 kind | advcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 family | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 family | nmod:poss |
| 10 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hard | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | imperative | you not said here | kind property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | you not said here | for his family; hard property | tree rules |
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