Test 11 · ★★ · Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs o…

Little sister: "The hottest day ever means we'll all melt like ice cream!" What should you tell her?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hottest day, we, you · What happens: mean, melt, tell · To what, where: her · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 52 «Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs opinion» 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: Little sister: "The hottest day ever means we'll all melt like ice cream!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sister	amod
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct
5	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
6	hottest	hot	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	nsubj
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 means	advmod
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sister	parataxis
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 melt	nsubj
11	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 melt	aux
12	all	all	ADV	_	13 melt	advmod
13	melt	melt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 means	ccomp
14	like	like	ADP	_	16 cream	case
15	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cream	compound
16	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 melt	obl
17	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 sister	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 sister	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean in a quote	present	the hottest day				ever		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	melt in a quote	future	we					like ice cream; all property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 should you tell her?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should	you		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Only grown-ups need to drink water in heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 ups	advmod
2	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ups	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 grown	punct
4	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 need	nsubj
5	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 drink	mark
7	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 need	xcomp
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drink	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 heat	case
10	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	need	present	grown ups			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	drink not said to happen	to-infinitive	grown ups not said here	water	heat	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 2

Nothing; heat is never dangerous for anybody, old or young

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 dangerous	punct
3	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dangerous	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dangerous	cop
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 dangerous	advmod
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nothing	acl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 anybody	case
8	anybody	anybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 dangerous	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 old	punct
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dangerous	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 young	cc
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dangerous	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not is	present	heat	for anybody; dangerous property	tree rules
2	be		heat not said here		tree rules
3	be		heat not said here		tree rules

Option 3

She's right; everybody should stay inside the fridge all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 stay	punct
5	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 stay	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 stay	aux
7	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	parataxis
8	inside	inside	ADP	_	10 fridge	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fridge	det
10	fridge	fridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stay	obl
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stay	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	stay	should	everybody			the fridge	day		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside fridge=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

People don't melt; drink water, stay in shade and check on Gran

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 melt	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 melt	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 melt	advmod
4	melt	melt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 drink	punct
6	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 melt	conj
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drink	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stay	punct
9	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 melt	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 shade	case
11	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stay	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 check	cc
13	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 melt	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 Gran	case
15	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not melt	present · do-support	People			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	drink	infinitive	People not said here	water		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
3	stay	infinitive	People not said here		shade	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shade=Location
4	check	infinitive	People not said here		Gran	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on gran=Location

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