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Test 1 · ★ · Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow

Auntie Bev: «New woman at 23's a famous actress, apparently, was on telly in the nineties.» What's the real evidence?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: real evidence · What happens: be · To what, where: telly

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 42 «Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow» 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: Auntie Bev: «New woman at 23's a famous actress, apparently, was on telly in the nineties.»

appospunctpunctamodapposcasenmoddetamodnmod:unmarkedpunctadvmodpunctcopcaseapposcasedetnmodpunctpunctrootAuntieNOUNBevPROPN:PUNCT«PUNCTNewADJwomanNOUNatADP23'sNOUNaDETfamousADJactressNOUN,PUNCTapparentlyADV,PUNCTwasAUXonADPtellyNOUNinADPtheDETninetiesNOUN.PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AuntieauntieNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2BevBevPROPNNumber=Sing1 Auntieappos
3::PUNCT_6 womanpunct
4««PUNCT_6 womanpunct
5NewnewADJDegree=Pos6 womanamod
6womanwomanNOUNNumber=Sing1 Auntieappos
7atatADP_8 23'scase
823's23'NOUNNumber=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card6 womannmod
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 actressdet
10famousfamousADJDegree=Pos11 actressamod
11actressactressNOUNNumber=Sing8 23'snmod:unmarked
12,,PUNCT_17 tellypunct
13apparentlyapparentlyADV_17 tellyadvmod
14,,PUNCT_13 apparentlypunct
15wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 tellycop
16ononADP_17 tellycase
17tellytellyNOUNNumber=Sing6 womanappos
18ininADP_20 ninetiescase
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 ninetiesdet
20ninetiesninetyNOUNNumber=Plur17 tellynmod
21..PUNCT_17 tellypunct
22»»PUNCT_6 womanpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is in a quotepasttellyin the nineties; apparently propertytree 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's the real evidence?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETrealADJevidenceNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 evidencedet
4realrealADJDegree=Pos5 evidenceamod
5evidenceevidenceNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe real evidencetree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Her name is on the credits of a show

nmod:possnsubjcopcasedetcasedetnmodrootHerPRONnameNOUNisAUXonADPtheDETcreditsNOUNofADPaDETshowNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 namenmod:poss
2namenameNOUNNumber=Sing6 creditsnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 creditscop
4ononADP_6 creditscase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 creditsdet
6creditscreditNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
7ofofADP_9 showcase
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 showdet
9showshowNOUNNumber=Sing6 creditsnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHer namethe creditsof a showtree rules
2nameHer = shenom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Someone thought she looked familiar

nsubjnsubjccompxcomprootSomeonePRONthoughtVERBshePRONlookedVERBfamiliarADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SomeonesomeonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind2 thoughtnsubj
2thoughtthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 lookednsubj
4lookedlookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 thoughtccomp
5familiarfamiliarADJDegree=Pos4 lookedxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpastSomeonevn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2lookpastshefamiliar propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

She showed them old photos from telly

nsubjobjamodobjcaseoblrootShePRONshowedVERBthemPRONoldADJphotosNOUNfromADPtellyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 showednsubj
2showedshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 showedobj
4oldoldADJDegree=Pos5 photosamod
5photosphotoNOUNNumber=Plur2 showedobj
6fromfromADP_7 tellycase
7tellytellyNOUNNumber=Sing2 showedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpastShethem = theytellyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient photo=Topic

Option 4

She signs autographs at the shop

nsubjobjcasedetoblrootShePRONsignsVERBautographsNOUNatADPtheDETshopNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 signsnsubj
2signssignVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3autographsautographNOUNNumber=Plur2 signsobj
4atatADP_6 shopcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 shopdet
6shopshopNOUNNumber=Sing2 signsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1signpresentSheautographsthe shopvn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent autograph=Theme at shop=Destination

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