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Test 4 · ★★ · Being a good grown-up

Dad, laughing on the phone: "Gaz! Twenty years, mate, it's like we never stopped talking!" What is happening?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate · What happens: laugh, not be, talk, happen · To what, where: phone

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Being a good grown-up» 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: Dad, laughing on the phone: "Gaz!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Gaz	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 laughing	punct
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Dad	conj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 phone	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 phone	det
6	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughing	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 Gaz	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Gaz	punct
9	Gaz	Gaz	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 Gaz	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	gerund				the phone			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Twenty years, mate, it's like we never stopped talking!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 years	nummod
2	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 stopped	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 mate	punct
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 years	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 years	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stopped	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 stopped	cop
8	like	like	SCONJ	_	11 stopped	mark
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 stopped	nsubj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 stopped	advmod
11	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 stopped	xcomp
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	12 talking	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 stopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	mate				year	stop property	tree rules
2	talk	gerund	mate not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What is happening?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happening	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happening	aux
3	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happening	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present · progressive							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Dad being told off by his boss

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 told	aux:pass
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 told	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 boss	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 boss	nmod:poss
7	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell off speech: assert	gerund · passive	his boss	Dad					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 2

A stranger on the phone pretending to know Dad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stranger	det
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 phone	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 phone	det
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stranger	nmod
6	pretending	pretend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stranger	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 know	mark
8	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 pretending	xcomp
9	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	gerund	a stranger on the phone not said here						tree rules
2	know	to-infinitive	a stranger on the phone not said here	Dad					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An old friend picking up again after years apart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 friend	amod
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	picking	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 friend	acl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 picking	compound:prt
6	again	again	ADV	_	4 picking	advmod
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 years	case
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 picking	obl
9	apart	apart	ADV	_	8 years	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	gerund	a old friend not said here				again; year		vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A scam call trying to steal money from Dad's bank account

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 call	det
2	scam	scam	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 call	compound
3	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 call	acl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 steal	mark
6	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 trying	xcomp
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 steal	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	12 account	case
9	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 account	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Dad	case
11	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 account	compound
12	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 steal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	gerund	a scam call not said here						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	steal not said to happen	to-infinitive	a scam call not said here	money		Dad's bank account			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from account=Source
3	account		Dad						nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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