Test 2 · ★ · When grown-ups are tired or worried
Overheard: «Absolutely knackered, love, been on my feet since six.» What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: overhear, knacker, be, mean · To what, where: love, feet
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 34 «When grown-ups are tired or worried» 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: Overheard: «Absolutely knackered, love, been on my feet since six.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overheard | overhear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 knackered | advcl |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Overheard | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 knackered | punct |
| 4 | Absolutely | absolutely | ADV | _ | 5 knackered | advmod |
| 5 | knackered | knacker | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 love | punct |
| 7 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 knackered | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 feet | punct |
| 9 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 feet | cop |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 feet | case |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 feet | nmod:poss |
| 12 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 love | conj |
| 13 | since | since | ADP | _ | 14 six | case |
| 14 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 knackered | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 knackered | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 knackered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overhear | participle | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | knacker in a quote | past | love and my feet | since six | absolutely property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is in a quote | participle | my feet | 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: What does she mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | she | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She hurt her knee at work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hurt | nsubj |
| 2 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 knee | nmod:poss |
| 4 | knee | knee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hurt | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 work | case |
| 6 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hurt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | past | She | her knee | work | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knee=Patient |
Option 2
She has been asleep since six
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asleep | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 asleep | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 asleep | cop |
| 4 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | since | since | ADP | _ | 6 six | case |
| 6 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 asleep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present · perfect | She | since six | asleep property | tree rules |
Option 3
She wants to go running now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 go | mark |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 go | xcomp |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 running | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | She | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | run | gerund | She not said here | now | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She is extremely tired
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tired | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tired | cop |
| 3 | extremely | extremely | ADV | _ | 4 tired | advmod |
| 4 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | extremely, tired property | tree rules |
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