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Test 12 · ★ · Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa

Evie, staring at a magazine: "Why does she look all spotty on telly? She's gone rank." Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Evie, you · What happens: stare, look, be, put · To what, where: gone rank, Evie

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 53 «Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa» 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: Evie, staring at a magazine: "Why does she look all spotty on telly?

nsubjpunctcasedetoblpunctpunctadvmodauxnsubjconjadvmodxcompcaseoblpunctrootEviePROPN,PUNCTstaringVERBatADPaDETmagazineNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTWhyADVdoesAUXshePRONlookVERBallADVspottyADJonADPtellyNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EvieEviePROPNNumber=Sing3 staringnsubj
2,,PUNCT_1 Eviepunct
3staringstareVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4atatADP_6 magazinecase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 magazinedet
6magazinemagazineNOUNNumber=Sing3 staringobl
7::PUNCT_12 lookpunct
8""PUNCT_12 lookpunct
9WhywhyADVPronType=Int12 lookadvmod
10doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 lookaux
11sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 looknsubj
12looklookVERBVerbForm=Inf3 staringconj
13allallADV_14 spottyadvmod
14spottyspottyADJDegree=Pos12 lookxcomp
15ononADP_16 tellycase
16tellytellyNOUNNumber=Sing12 lookobl
17??PUNCT_3 staringpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1staregerundEvieat a magazinevn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at magazine=Theme
2look in a quotepresent · do-supportEvieon telly; spotty propertyvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on telly=Theme

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: She's gone rank."

nsubjcopamodpunctpunctrootShePRON'sAUXgoneADJrankNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 ranknsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 rankcop
3gonegoneADJDegree=Pos4 rankamod
4rankrankNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5..PUNCT_4 rankpunct
6""PUNCT_4 rankpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentEviegone ranktree rules

Sentence 3: Put her right.

objadvmodpunctrootPutVERBherPRONrightADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PutputVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Putobj
3rightrightADV_1 Putadvmod
4..PUNCT_1 Putpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putimperativeyou not said hereEvieright propertyvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1

The TV cameras paint spots on people

detcompoundnsubjobjcaseoblrootTheDETTVNOUNcamerasNOUNpaintVERBspotsNOUNonADPpeopleNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 camerasdet
2TVTVNOUNNumber=Sing3 camerascompound
3camerascameraNOUNNumber=Plur4 paintnsubj
4paintpaintVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5spotsspotNOUNNumber=Plur4 paintobj
6ononADP_7 peoplecase
7peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur4 paintobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1paintpresentthe TV camerasspotson peoplevn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent spot=Theme on people=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real skin has spots; her online photos were filtered

amodnsubjobjpunctnmod:possamodnsubj:passaux:passconjrootRealADJskinNOUNhasVERBspotsNOUN;PUNCTherPRONonlineADJphotosNOUNwereAUXfilteredVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RealrealADJDegree=Pos2 skinamod
2skinskinNOUNNumber=Sing3 hasnsubj
3hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4spotsspotNOUNNumber=Plur3 hasobj
5;;PUNCT_10 filteredpunct
6herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 photosnmod:poss
7onlineonlineADJDegree=Pos8 photosamod
8photosphotoNOUNNumber=Plur10 filterednsubj:pass
9werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 filteredaux:pass
10filteredfilterVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 hasconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentReal skinspotsvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Patient
2filterpast · passiveskin's online photosvn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Initial_Location

Option 3

Spotty skin means she stopped being famous

amodnsubjnsubjccompcopxcomprootSpottyADJskinNOUNmeansVERBshePRONstoppedVERBbeingAUXfamousADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SpottyspottyADJDegree=Pos2 skinamod
2skinskinNOUNNumber=Sing3 meansnsubj
3meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 stoppednsubj
5stoppedstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 meansccomp
6beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 famouscop
7famousfamousADJDegree=Pos5 stoppedxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentSpotty skinvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2stoppastskinvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3isgerundskin not said herefamous propertytree rules

Option 4

She has caught a terrible illness overnight and nobody knows

nsubj:passauxdetamodobjadvmodccnsubjconjrootShePRONhasAUXcaughtVERBaDETterribleADJillnessNOUNovernightADVandCCONJnobodyPRONknowsVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 caughtnsubj:pass
2hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 caughtaux
3caughtcatchVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 illnessdet
5terribleterribleADJDegree=Pos6 illnessamod
6illnessillnessNOUNNumber=Sing3 caughtobj
7overnightovernightADV_3 caughtadvmod
8andandCCONJ_10 knowscc
9nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg10 knowsnsubj
10knowsknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 caughtconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1catchpresent · perfect · passiveSheovernight propertyvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary illness=Theme
2knowpresentnobodyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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