Test 8 · ★ · Big feelings in big people
Uncle, an hour off the motorway: "Shut up, I know where we are, the satnav's wrong." What would show real strength here?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Uncle, I, we · What happens: shut up, know, be, show · To what, where: real strength · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 36 «Big feelings in big people» 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: Uncle, an hour off the motorway: "Shut up, I know where we are, the satnav's wrong."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 Shut | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hour | punct |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hour | det |
| 4 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Uncle | conj |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 motorway | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 motorway | det |
| 7 | motorway | motorway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Uncle | nmod |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 Shut | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Shut | punct |
| 10 | Shut | shut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 Shut | compound:prt |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 know | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 know | nsubj |
| 14 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 Shut | parataxis |
| 15 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 17 are | advmod |
| 16 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 are | nsubj |
| 17 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 know | ccomp |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 wrong | punct |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 satnav | det |
| 20 | satnav | satnav | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 wrong | nmod:poss |
| 21 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 20 satnav | case |
| 22 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 Shut | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 Shut | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Shut | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut up in a quote | participle | Uncle off the motorway and a hour | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | know in a quote | present | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | be in a quote | present | we | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 would show real strength here?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 show | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 show | aux |
| 3 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 strength | amod |
| 5 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 show | obj |
| 6 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 show | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | would | real strength | here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient strength=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Turning the satnav off for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 satnav | det |
| 3 | satnav | satnav | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turning | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Turning | compound:prt |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 good | case |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Turning | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn off | gerund | the satnav | for good | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent satnav=Patient |
Option 2
Driving even faster without a map until you find the way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Driving | drive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | even | even | ADV | _ | 3 faster | advmod |
| 3 | faster | fast | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Driving | obj |
| 4 | without | without | ADP | _ | 6 map | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 map | det |
| 6 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Driving | obl |
| 7 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 9 find | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 find | nsubj |
| 9 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Driving | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 way | det |
| 11 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | gerund | faster | without a map | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme fast=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | find | present | you | the way | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
Option 3
Blaming the children for the noise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blaming | blame | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 children | det |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Blaming | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 noise | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 noise | det |
| 6 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blaming | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | gerund | the children | for the noise | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent child=Theme for noise=Attribute |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Saying "OK, I was wrong, let's check the map"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 wrong | punct |
| 3 | OK | ok | INTJ | _ | 7 wrong | discourse |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 OK | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 wrong | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 wrong | cop |
| 7 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Saying | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 let | punct |
| 9 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 wrong | parataxis |
| 10 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 let | obj |
| 11 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 let | xcomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 map | det |
| 13 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 check | obj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is in a quote | past | I | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | let in a quote | infinitive | 's | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | check in a quote | infinitive | 's not said here | the map | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Theme |
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