Test 6 · ★ · Our street: feuds, newcomers and stories that grow Your mate: «Mum said Debbie said she's off for good. No wait — my auntie said it.» How many people did the story go through?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Debbie, auntie, many people · What happens: say, say off, go through · To what, where: wait · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Your mate: «Mum said Debbie said she's off for good.
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct nsubj nsubj ccomp nsubj cop compound:prt case obl punct root Your PRON mate NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT Mum NOUN said VERB Debbie PROPN said VERB she PRON 's AUX off ADP for ADP good ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 6 said nsubj 3 : : PUNCT _ 2 mate punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 6 said punct 5 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 6 said nsubj 6 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 Debbie Debbie PROPN Number=Sing 8 said nsubj 8 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 said ccomp 9 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 off nsubj 10 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 off cop 11 off off ADP _ 8 said compound:prt 12 for for ADP _ 13 good case 13 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 8 said obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 6 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert in a quote past Your mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 say off speech: assert in a quote past Debbie for good vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: No wait — my auntie said it.»
det punct nmod:poss nsubj parataxis obj punct punct root No DET wait NOUN — PUNCT my PRON auntie NOUN said VERB it PRON . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no DET PronType=Neg 2 wait det 2 wait wait NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 — - PUNCT _ 6 said punct 4 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 auntie nmod:poss 5 auntie auntie NOUN Number=Sing 6 said nsubj 6 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 wait parataxis 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 said obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 wait punct 9 » » PUNCT _ 2 wait punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past my auntie wait vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
Sentence 3: How many people did the story go through?
advmod amod nsubj aux det nsubj advmod punct root How ADV many ADJ people NOUN did AUX the DET story NOUN go VERB through ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 2 many advmod 2 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 3 people amod 3 people people NOUN Number=Plur 7 go nsubj 4 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 go aux 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 story det 6 story story NOUN Number=Sing 7 go nsubj 7 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 through through ADV _ 7 go advmod 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 7 go punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go through past · do-support many people through property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Two, so it's guaranteed true now
punct advmod nsubj:pass aux:pass parataxis xcomp advmod root Two NUM , PUNCT so ADV it PRON 's AUX guaranteed VERB true ADJ now ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 6 guaranteed punct 3 so so ADV _ 6 guaranteed advmod 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 guaranteed nsubj:pass 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 guaranteed aux:pass 6 guaranteed guarantee VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Two parataxis 7 true true ADJ Degree=Pos 6 guaranteed xcomp 8 now now ADV PronType=Dem 6 guaranteed advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 guarantee present · passive it now true property vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Option 2 Just one, so it must be right
advmod punct advmod nsubj aux cop parataxis root Just ADV one NUM , PUNCT so ADV it PRON must AUX be AUX right ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Just just ADV _ 2 one advmod 2 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 8 right punct 4 so so ADV _ 8 right advmod 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 right nsubj 6 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 right aux 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 right cop 8 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 2 one parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is must it right property tree rules
Option 3 None, it's what Debbie said herself
nsubj punct nsubj cop nsubj acl:relcl obj root None PRON , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX what PRON Debbie PROPN said VERB herself PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 None none PRON PronType=Neg 5 what nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 None punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 what nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 what cop 5 what what PRON PronType=Int root root 6 Debbie Debbie PROPN Number=Sing 7 said nsubj 7 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 what acl:relcl 8 herself herself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 7 said obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present None tree rules 2 say speech: assert past Debbie Debbie vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent herself=Topic
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Several, so it may have changed shape
amod punct advmod nsubj aux aux amod root Several ADJ , PUNCT so ADV it PRON may AUX have AUX changed VERB shape NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Several several ADJ Degree=Pos 8 shape amod 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 changed punct 3 so so ADV _ 7 changed advmod 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 changed nsubj 5 may may AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 changed aux 6 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 changed aux 7 changed change VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 shape amod 8 shape shape NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 change may · perfect it vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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