Test 3 · ★★ · Tabloids, «sources close to» and the photo that tells a st…
Dad grumbles, "Footballer gets in a week what I get in ten years. Bloody disgusting." Which view is fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, Footballer, view · What happens: grumble, get, get in, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Dad grumbles, "Footballer gets in a week what I get in ten years.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grumbles | nsubj |
| 2 | grumbles | grumble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 gets | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 gets | punct |
| 5 | Footballer | footballer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 grumbles | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 week | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 week | det |
| 9 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | obl |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 get | obj |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 get | nsubj |
| 12 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gets | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADV | _ | 12 get | advmod |
| 14 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 years | nummod |
| 15 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 get | obl:unmarked |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 grumbles | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grumble speech: other | present | Dad | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present | Footballer | week | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | get in in a quote | present | Dad | year | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
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: Bloody disgusting."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 disgusting | amod |
| 2 | disgusting | disgusting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 disgusting | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 disgusting | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Which view is fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 view | det |
| 2 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fair | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fair | cop |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which view | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He should give all his money to Dad
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 | 3 give | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 give | aux |
| 3 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 money | det:predet |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 money | nmod:poss |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 give | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Dad | case |
| 8 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | should | He | his money | Dad | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to dad=Recipient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
You can think the pay unfair without hating him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 think | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 think | aux |
| 3 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pay | det |
| 5 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 think | obj |
| 6 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 think | xcomp |
| 7 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 8 hating | mark |
| 8 | hating | hate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 unfair | advcl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hating | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | can | You | the pay | unfair property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pay=Theme | |||
| 2 | hate | gerund | You not said here | him = he | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 3
Footballers choose their own pay every week, as much as they like
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Footballers | footballer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 choose | nsubj |
| 2 | choose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 pay | nmod:poss |
| 4 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pay | amod |
| 5 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 choose | obj |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 week | det |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 choose | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 much | punct |
| 9 | as | as | ADV | _ | 10 much | advmod |
| 10 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 choose | parataxis |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 like | mark |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 like | nsubj |
| 13 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 much | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | present | Footballers | Footballers's own pay | week | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pay=Theme | |||
| 2 | like | present | Footballers = footballer | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | pay | Footballers = footballer | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Dad must be lying about his pay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lying | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 lying | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 lying | aux |
| 4 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 pay | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 pay | nmod:poss |
| 7 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | must · progressive | Dad | about Dad's pay | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about pay=Location | ||||
| 2 | pay | Dad | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
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