Test 8 · ★★ · The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronatio…
Dad: «Andrew? There's all sorts on the internet about him.» How should you talk about it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sorts, you · What happens: be, talk · To what, where: internet
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 45 «The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced» 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: Dad: «Andrew?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Andrew | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Andrew | punct |
| 4 | Andrew | Andrew | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Dad | appos |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: There's all sorts on the internet about him.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 's | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 sorts | det |
| 4 | sorts | sort | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 's | nsubj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 internet | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 internet | det |
| 7 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 's | obl |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 internet | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 's | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 's | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | does | present | all sorts | the internet about Andrew; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on internet=Location |
Sentence 3: How should you talk about it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 talk | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 talk | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 talk | nsubj |
| 4 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 talk | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 talk | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | should | you | about internet | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tell everyone your own guess about him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 guess | nmod:poss |
| 4 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 guess | amod |
| 5 | guess | guess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | your own guess | everyone | about him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient guess=Topic | ||
| 2 | guess | your | nom guess «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Repeat the internet stuff, it's all public anyway, so it's fine
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repeat | repeat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stuff | det |
| 3 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stuff | compound |
| 4 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Repeat | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 public | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 public | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 public | cop |
| 8 | all | all | ADV | _ | 9 public | advmod |
| 9 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Repeat | parataxis |
| 10 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 9 public | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 fine | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 fine | advmod |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 fine | expl |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 fine | cop |
| 15 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Repeat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repeat | imperative | you not said here | the internet stuff | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | is | present | stuff | all, anyway, public property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | you not said here | fine property | tree rules |
Option 3
Make up a funny meme about him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Make | compound:prt |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 meme | det |
| 4 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 meme | amod |
| 5 | meme | meme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 meme | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | imperative | you not said here | a funny meme | about him = he | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme meme=Pivot |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Say what was officially announced and stop there
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 | 5 announced | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 announced | aux:pass |
| 4 | officially | officially | ADV | _ | 5 announced | advmod |
| 5 | announced | announce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 stop | cc |
| 7 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 stop | advmod |
| # | 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 | officially property | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | stop | infinitive | you not said here | there | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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