Test 10 · ★★ · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation Auntie Jen: «Thompson boy's gonna be famous, I've told everyone!» He doesn't get picked. How might he feel?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gonna, I, boy · What happens: be, tell, not pick, feel · To what, where: everyone, boy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» 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 Jen: «Thompson boy's gonna be famous, I've told everyone!»
compound punct punct compound nmod:poss case nsubj cop amod punct nsubj aux advcl iobj punct punct root Auntie PROPN Jen PROPN : PUNCT « PUNCT Thompson PROPN boy NOUN 's PART gonna NOUN be AUX famous ADJ , PUNCT I PRON 've AUX told VERB everyone PRON ! PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Auntie Auntie PROPN Number=Sing 2 Jen compound 2 Jen Jen PROPN Number=Sing root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 10 famous punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 10 famous punct 5 Thompson Thompson PROPN Number=Sing 6 boy compound 6 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 8 gonna nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 boy case 8 gonna gonna NOUN Number=Sing 10 famous nsubj 9 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 10 famous cop 10 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 2 Jen amod 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 told punct 12 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 14 told nsubj 13 've have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 told aux 14 told tell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 10 famous advcl 15 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 14 told iobj 16 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 Jen punct 17 » » PUNCT _ 2 Jen punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote infinitive Thompson boy's gonna famous property tree rules 2 tell speech: assert in a quote present · perfect I everyone vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
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: He doesn't get picked.
nsubj:pass aux advmod aux:pass punct root He PRON does AUX n't PART get AUX picked VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 picked nsubj:pass 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 picked aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 picked advmod 4 get get AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 picked aux:pass 5 picked pick VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 picked punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not pick present · passive · do-support boy vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Sentence 3: How might he feel?
advmod aux nsubj punct root How ADV might AUX he PRON feel VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 4 feel advmod 2 might might AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 feel aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 feel nsubj 4 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 feel punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feel might boy vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer Embarrassed, as everyone expected to see him
punct mark nsubj conj mark xcomp obj root Embarrassed ADJ , PUNCT as SCONJ everyone PRON expected VERB to PART see VERB him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Embarrassed embarrassed ADJ Degree=Pos root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 5 expected punct 3 as as SCONJ _ 5 expected mark 4 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 5 expected nsubj 5 expected expect VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Embarrassed conj 6 to to PART _ 7 see mark 7 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 expected xcomp 8 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 see obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 expect past everyone vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 see not said to happen to-infinitive everyone not said here him = he vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Happy that everyone knew about him
mark nsubj ccomp case obl root Happy ADJ that SCONJ everyone PRON knew VERB about ADP him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 2 that that SCONJ _ 4 knew mark 3 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 4 knew nsubj 4 knew know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Happy ccomp 5 about about ADP _ 6 him case 6 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 knew obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know past everyone about him = he vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about he=Stimulus
Option 3 Glad that Auntie Jen had told the whole street in advance
nsubj:pass nsubj flat aux appos det amod iobj case nmod root Glad NOUN that PRON Auntie PROPN Jen PROPN had AUX told VERB the DET whole ADJ street NOUN in ADP advance NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Glad glad NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 that that PRON PronType=Rel 6 told nsubj:pass 3 Auntie Auntie PROPN Number=Sing 6 told nsubj 4 Jen Jen PROPN Number=Sing 3 Auntie flat 5 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 told aux 6 told tell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Glad appos 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 street det 8 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 9 street amod 9 street street NOUN Number=Sing 6 told iobj 10 in in ADP _ 11 advance case 11 advance advance NOUN Number=Sing 9 street nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert past · perfect · passive that the whole street in advance vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient street=Topic
Option 4 Nothing, he never wanted to be picked
nsubj punct nsubj advmod mark aux:pass xcomp root Nothing PRON , PUNCT he PRON never ADV wanted VERB to PART be AUX picked VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 5 wanted nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Nothing punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 wanted nsubj 4 never never ADV PronType=Neg 5 wanted advmod 5 wanted want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 to to PART _ 8 picked mark 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 picked aux:pass 8 picked pick VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 wanted xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not want past Nothing vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 pick not said to happen to-infinitive · passive Nothing not said here vn chew-39.2 «NP V»
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