Test 11 · ★★ · Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a st…
Mum: "Paparazzi chased her home with her kids in the car." Why is this not just "part of being famous"?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, this · What happens: chase, not be, be · To what, where: home, car, part
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 46 «Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a story» 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: "Paparazzi chased her home with her kids in the car."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chased | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Paparazzi | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Paparazzi | punct |
| 4 | Paparazzi | Paparazzi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | conj |
| 5 | chased | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 home | nmod:poss |
| 7 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chased | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 kids | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 kids | nmod:poss |
| 10 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 chased | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 car | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 car | det |
| 13 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chased | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 chased | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 chased | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase in a quote | past | Mum and Paparazzi | Paparazzi's home | the car | with Paparazzi's kids | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent home=Theme in car=Trajectory |
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: Why is this not just "part of being famous"?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 part | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 part | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 part | nsubj |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 part | advmod |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 part | advmod |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 part | punct |
| 7 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 famous | case |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 famous | cop |
| 10 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 part | nmod |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 famous | punct |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 part | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a in a quote | present | this | part | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | gerund | famous property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It only ever happens in films, never in real life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 happens | advmod |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 happens | advmod |
| 4 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 films | case |
| 6 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 happens | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 life | punct |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 life | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 life | case |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 life | amod |
| 11 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 happens | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | It | films | ever | in real life | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in film=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is frightening and puts people in danger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 frightening | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 frightening | cop |
| 3 | frightening | frightening | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 puts | cc |
| 5 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 frightening | conj |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 puts | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 danger | case |
| 8 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 puts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | frightening property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | put | present | people | danger | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme in danger=Destination |
Option 3
Her kids secretly wanted to be in all the papers
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 kids | nmod:poss |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 4 wanted | advmod |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 papers | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 papers | cop |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 papers | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 papers | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 papers | det |
| 10 | papers | paper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wanted | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Her kids | secretly property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | is not said to happen | to-infinitive | Her kids not said here | all papers | tree rules |
Option 4
Famous people enjoy being chased home by cameras
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 enjoy | nsubj |
| 3 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 chased | parataxis |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 chased | aux:pass |
| 5 | chased | chase | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | home | home | ADV | _ | 5 chased | advmod |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 cameras | case |
| 8 | cameras | camera | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 chased | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | present | Famous people | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | chase | gerund · passive | cameras | home property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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