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Test 9 · ★★ · Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»

Mum after your football final: "God, I was a wreck watching you, but you were AMAZING." What do her nerves show?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, wreck, you, nerves · What happens: be, watch, show · To what, where: wreck, you

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 37 «Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»» 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 after your football final: "God, I was a wreck watching you, but you were AMAZING."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	after	after	ADP	_	5 final	case
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 final	nmod:poss
4	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 final	compound
5	final	final	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mum	nmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 God	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 God	punct
8	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 final	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 wreck	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 wreck	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 wreck	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 wreck	det
13	wreck	wreck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 God	acl:relcl
14	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 wreck	acl
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 watching	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 AMAZING	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	20 AMAZING	cc
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 AMAZING	nsubj
19	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 AMAZING	cop
20	AMAZING	amazing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 God	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 God	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 God	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	I	a wreck					tree rules
2	watch in a quote	gerund	a wreck not said here	you					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	is in a quote	past	you					amazing property	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 do her nerves show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 show	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 nerves	nmod:poss
4	nerves	nerve	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	nsubj
5	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present							tree rules
2	show	present	her nerves						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

That she expected you to lose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 expected	obl
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 expected	nsubj
3	expected	expect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 expected	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 lose	mark
6	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 expected	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	past	she	That					tree rules
2	lose not said to happen	to-infinitive	That not said here						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

That she wanted to play instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 wanted	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 play	mark
5	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	5 play	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	That						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	That not said here					instead property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

How much she cares about you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 much	advmod
2	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cares	obj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cares	nsubj
4	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 you	case
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 cares	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	present	she	much				about you	tree rules

Option 4

That she hates football matches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 hates	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hates	nsubj
3	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 matches	compound
5	matches	match	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	That	football matches					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer match=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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