Test 5 · ★★ · Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs o…
Archie: "We're in a blue bit, the red bits must be dodgy, innit." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: We, red bits, Archie, you · What happens: be, innit, put · To what, where: blue bit, Archie
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Archie: "We're in a blue bit, the red bits must be dodgy, innit."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Archie | Archie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 innit | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 bit | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 bit | punct |
| 4 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 bit | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 bit | cop |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 bit | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bit | det |
| 8 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bit | amod |
| 9 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Archie | appos |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 dodgy | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 bits | det |
| 12 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 bits | amod |
| 13 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 dodgy | nsubj |
| 14 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 dodgy | aux |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 dodgy | cop |
| 16 | dodgy | dodgy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bit | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Archie | punct |
| 18 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 innit | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 innit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | We | a blue bit | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | must | the red bits | dodgy property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | innit in a quote | infinitive | Archie | tree rules |
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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | Archie | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Blue areas are for rich people only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 areas | amod |
| 2 | areas | area | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 people | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 people | cop |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 people | case |
| 5 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 people | amod |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 people | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Blue areas | for rich people | tree rules |
Option 2
Red areas really are more dangerous to live in, everyone knows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 areas | amod |
| 2 | areas | area | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 everyone | nmod:poss |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 dangerous | advmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 dangerous | cop |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 dangerous | advmod |
| 6 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 areas | acl:relcl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 live | mark |
| 8 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 dangerous | csubj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 live | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 areas | punct |
| 11 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 knows | nsubj |
| 12 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Red areas not said here | dangerous property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live in | to-infinitive | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | know | present | everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
The colours show where it rained most
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 colours | det |
| 2 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 show | nsubj |
| 3 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 rained | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 rained | nsubj |
| 6 | rained | rain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 show | ccomp |
| 7 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 rained | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | the colours | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | rain | past | it | most | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The colours are party colours, not good or bad places
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 colours | det |
| 2 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 colours | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 colours | cop |
| 4 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 colours | compound |
| 5 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 places | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 places | advmod |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 places | amod |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 bad | cc |
| 10 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 good | conj |
| 11 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 colours | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the colours | party colours and good places | tree rules |
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