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Test 4 · ★★ · Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies

Auntie Jen, laughing: "She demands white flowers AND a puppy at every concert, total diva!" The list came from an unnamed source. What is likely?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Auntie, list · What happens: laugh, demand, come, be · To what, where: white flowers, unnamed source · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies» 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, laughing: "She demands white flowers AND a puppy at every concert, total diva!"

nsubjflatpunctpunctpunctnsubjccompamodobjccdetconjcasedetnmodpunctamodconjpunctpunctrootAuntiePROPNJenPROPN,PUNCTlaughingVERB:PUNCT"PUNCTShePRONdemandsVERBwhiteADJflowersNOUNANDCCONJaDETpuppyNOUNatADPeveryDETconcertNOUN,PUNCTtotalADJdivaNOUN!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AuntieAuntiePROPNNumber=Sing4 laughingnsubj
2JenJenPROPNNumber=Sing1 Auntieflat
3,,PUNCT_1 Auntiepunct
4laughinglaughVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
5::PUNCT_8 demandspunct
6""PUNCT_8 demandspunct
7SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 demandsnsubj
8demandsdemandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 laughingccomp
9whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos10 flowersamod
10flowersflowerNOUNNumber=Plur8 demandsobj
11ANDandCCONJ_13 puppycc
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 puppydet
13puppypuppyNOUNNumber=Sing10 flowersconj
14atatADP_16 concertcase
15everyeveryDETPronType=Tot16 concertdet
16concertconcertNOUNNumber=Sing13 puppynmod
17,,PUNCT_19 divapunct
18totaltotalADJDegree=Pos19 divaamod
19divadivaNOUNNumber=Sing10 flowersconj
20!!PUNCT_19 divapunct
21""PUNCT_8 demandspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1laughgerundAuntietree rules
2demand speech: request in a quotepresentAuntiewhite flowers and a puppy at every concert and total divavn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme flower=Precondition

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: The list came from an unnamed source.

detnsubjcasedetamodoblpunctrootTheDETlistNOUNcameVERBfromADPanDETunnamedADJsourceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 listdet
2listlistNOUNNumber=Sing3 camensubj
3camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4fromfromADP_7 sourcecase
5anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 sourcedet
6unnamedunnamedADJDegree=Pos7 sourceamod
7sourcesourceNOUNNumber=Sing3 cameobl
8..PUNCT_3 camepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastthe lista unnamed sourcevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from source=Initial_Location

Sentence 3: What is likely?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXlikelyADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 likelynsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 likelycop
3likelylikelyADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 likelypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentlikely propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Puppies are sent to every concert hall

nsubj:passaux:passcasedetcompoundoblrootPuppiesNOUNareAUXsentVERBtoADPeveryDETconcertNOUNhallNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PuppiespuppyNOUNNumber=Plur3 sentnsubj:pass
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 sentaux:pass
3sentsendVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4totoADP_7 hallcase
5everyeveryDETPronType=Tot7 halldet
6concertconcertNOUNNumber=Sing7 hallcompound
7hallhallNOUNNumber=Sing3 sentobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sendpresent · passivePuppiesevery concert hallvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hall=Destination

Option 2

The singer wrote the list herself online

detnsubjdetobjobladvmodrootTheDETsingerNOUNwroteVERBtheDETlistNOUNherselfPRONonlineADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 singerdet
2singersingerNOUNNumber=Sing3 wrotensubj
3wrotewriteVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 listdet
5listlistNOUNNumber=Sing3 wroteobj
6herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes3 wroteobl
7onlineonlineADV_3 wroteadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1writepastthe singerthe listsinger obl; online propertyvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The funny bits like the puppy are made up

detamodnsubj:passcasedetnmodaux:passcompound:prtrootTheDETfunnyADJbitsNOUNlikeADPtheDETpuppyNOUNareAUXmadeVERBupADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 bitsdet
2funnyfunnyADJDegree=Pos3 bitsamod
3bitsbitNOUNNumber=Plur8 madensubj:pass
4likelikeADP_6 puppycase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 puppydet
6puppypuppyNOUNNumber=Sing3 bitsnmod
7arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 madeaux:pass
8mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
9upupADP_8 madecompound:prt
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1make uppresent · passivethe funny bits like the puppyvn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot

Option 4

Every word of the list is a fact

detnsubjcasedetnmodcopdetrootEveryDETwordNOUNofADPtheDETlistNOUNisAUXaDETfactNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EveryeveryDETPronType=Tot2 worddet
2wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing8 factnsubj
3ofofADP_5 listcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 listdet
5listlistNOUNNumber=Sing2 wordnmod
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 factcop
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 factdet
8factfactNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentevery word of the lista facttree rules
2wordthe listnom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

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