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Test 8 · ★ · When grown-ups are tired or worried

Mum's friend: «I'm running on fumes this week.» What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, friend · What happens: run, mean · To what, where: fumes

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Mum's friend: «I'm running on fumes this week.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mum	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 running	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 running	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 running	nsubj
7	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 running	aux
8	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 friend	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 fumes	case
10	fumes	fume	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 running	obl
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 week	det
12	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 running	obl:unmarked
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 friend	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 friend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run in a quote	present · progressive	I			fumes	week		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on fume=Trajectory

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	friend						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She's very tired and has little energy left

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	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tired	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 tired	advmod
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 has	cc
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tired	conj
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 energy	amod
8	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
9	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 energy	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					tired property	tree rules
2	have	present	She not said here	little energy					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent energy=Patient
3	leave	participle		little energy not said here					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She's been cooking a lot of smoky food

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 cooking	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cooking	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 cooking	aux
4	cooking	cook	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lot	det
6	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cooking	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 food	case
8	smoky	smoky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 food	amod
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	present · progressive	She	a lot of smoky food					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lot=Patient

Option 3

She has started running every single morning

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	3 started	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 started	aux
3	started	start	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 started	xcomp
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 morning	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 morning	amod
7	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 running	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present · perfect	She						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	run	gerund	She not said here				morning		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Her car smells of petrol fumes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 car	nmod:poss
2	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smells	nsubj
3	smells	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 fumes	case
5	petrol	petrol	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fumes	compound
6	fumes	fume	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 smells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	present	Her car					of petrol fumes	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of fume=Theme

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