Test 4 · ★ · The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America…
Mum: «Andrew's in the paper again, all sorts of claims.» What is the right way to talk about it?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Andrew, right way · What happens: be, sort, talk · To what, where: paper, claims
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 44 «The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America, an interview and a book» 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: Mum: «Andrew's in the paper again, all sorts of claims.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 paper | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 paper | punct |
| 4 | Andrew | Andrew | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 paper | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 paper | cop |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 paper | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 paper | det |
| 8 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | appos |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 paper | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sorts | punct |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 sorts | det |
| 12 | sorts | sort | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 paper | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 claims | case |
| 14 | claims | claim | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 sorts | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 paper | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 paper | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Andrew | the paper and all sorts of claims | again | tree rules | |||
| 2 | sort in a quote | claims | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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 is the right way to talk about it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 talk | mark |
| 7 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 talk | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right way | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | talk | to-infinitive | the right way not said here | about way | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Guess what really happened and share it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guess | guess | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 happened | advmod |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Guess | ccomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 share | cc |
| 6 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Guess | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 share | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guess | imperative | you not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | share | present | you not said here | it | tree rules |
Option 2
Repeat every claim from the paper as true, word for word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repeat | repeat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 claim | det |
| 3 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Repeat | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 paper | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 paper | det |
| 6 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Repeat | obl |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 true | case |
| 8 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Repeat | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 word | punct |
| 10 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Repeat | obl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 word | case |
| 12 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repeat | imperative | you not said here | every claim | the paper | as true; word for word obl | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Make jokes about it, he's a prince
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | jokes | joke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Make | obj |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 jokes | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 prince | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 prince | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 prince | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | jokes | about it | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset joke=Product | |||
| 2 | is a | present | he | a prince | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Say what was announced and leave the rest to courts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 announced | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 announced | aux:pass |
| 4 | announced | announce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 leave | cc |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rest | det |
| 8 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 leave | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 courts | case |
| 10 | courts | court | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | announce speech: other | past · passive | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | leave | infinitive | you not said here | the rest | courts | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Theme to court=Recipient |
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