Test 8 · ★★ · Being a good grown-up
Big sister groans, "Dad's got grey hair, he's practically dead." Put her right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Big sister, Dad, you · What happens: groan, get, be, put · To what, where: grey hair, sister · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Big sister groans, "Dad's got grey hair, he's practically dead."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sister | amod |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 groans | nsubj |
| 3 | groans | groan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 groans | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 6 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 got | aux |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 groans | parataxis |
| 9 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 hair | amod |
| 10 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 dead | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 dead | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 dead | cop |
| 14 | practically | practically | ADV | _ | 15 dead | advmod |
| 15 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 got | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 groans | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 groans | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | groan | present | Big sister | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · passive | Dad | grey hair | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hair=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Dad | dead, practically 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: Put her right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | sister | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, he's too old to do anything now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 old | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 old | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 old | cop |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 old | advmod |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 do | mark |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 old | xcomp |
| 9 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 do | obj |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 do | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | old property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | he not said here | anything | now | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
Option 2
Yes, grey hair means he's very ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hair | amod |
| 4 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 ill | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 ill | cop |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 ill | advmod |
| 9 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | grey hair | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | hair | ill property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Grey hair is a normal part of getting older
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 hair | amod |
| 2 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 part | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 part | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 part | det |
| 5 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 part | amod |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 8 getting | mark |
| 8 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 part | acl |
| 9 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 getting | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Grey hair | a normal part | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | gerund | a normal part not said here | old property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
No, he must have dyed it grey
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 dyed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 dyed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 dyed | aux |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 dyed | aux |
| 6 | dyed | dye | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 dyed | obj |
| 8 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dyed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dye | must · perfect · passive | he | grey property | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient it=Result |
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