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.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auntie | auntie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Bev | Bev | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Auntie | appos |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 woman | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 woman | punct |
| 5 | New | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 woman | amod |
| 6 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Auntie | appos |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 23's | case |
| 8 | 23's | 23' | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | 6 woman | nmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 actress | det |
| 10 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 actress | amod |
| 11 | actress | actress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 23's | nmod:unmarked |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 telly | punct |
| 13 | apparently | apparently | ADV | _ | 17 telly | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 apparently | punct |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 telly | cop |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 telly | case |
| 17 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 woman | appos |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 nineties | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 nineties | det |
| 20 | nineties | ninety | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 telly | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 telly | punct |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 woman | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | telly | in the nineties; apparently 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's the real evidence?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 evidence | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 evidence | amod |
| 5 | evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real evidence | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Her name is on the credits of a show
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 name | nmod:poss |
| 2 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 credits | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 credits | cop |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 credits | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 credits | det |
| 6 | credits | credit | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 show | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 show | det |
| 9 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 credits | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Her name | the credits | of a show | tree rules | |||
| 2 | name | Her = she | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Someone thought she looked familiar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 looked | nsubj |
| 4 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 5 | familiar | familiar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 looked | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | Someone | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | look | past | she | familiar property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
She showed them old photos from telly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 showed | obj |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 photos | amod |
| 5 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 showed | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 telly | case |
| 7 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 showed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | She | them = they | telly | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 signs | nsubj |
| 2 | signs | sign | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | autographs | autograph | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 signs | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 shop | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shop | det |
| 6 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 signs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sign | present | She | autographs | the shop | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent autograph=Theme at shop=Destination |
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