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Test 12 · Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, stre…

Harry's mate: "Watched the whole series in two days, buzzing, didn't even go outside!" On Monday he's grumpy and tired. Why?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate · What happens: watch, buzz, not go, be · To what, where: whole series

This is test 12 of lesson 55 «Favourite films and series: spoilers, binge-watching, streaming and adverts» 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: Harry's mate: "Watched the whole series in two days, buzzing, didn't even go outside!"

nmod:posscasensubjpunctpunctdetamodobjcasenummodoblpunctadvclpunctauxadvmodadvmodconjadvmodpunctpunctrootHarryPROPN'sPARTmateNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTWatchedVERBtheDETwholeADJseriesNOUNinADPtwoNUMdaysNOUN,PUNCTbuzzingVERB,PUNCTdidAUXn'tPARTevenADVgoVERBoutsideADV!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HarryHarryPROPNNumber=Sing3 matenmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Harrycase
3matemateNOUNNumber=Sing6 Watchednsubj
4::PUNCT_6 Watchedpunct
5""PUNCT_6 Watchedpunct
6WatchedwatchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 seriesdet
8wholewholeADJDegree=Pos9 seriesamod
9seriesseriesNOUNNumber=Sing6 Watchedobj
10ininADP_12 dayscase
11twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card12 daysnummod
12daysdayNOUNNumber=Plur6 Watchedobl
13,,PUNCT_14 buzzingpunct
14buzzingbuzzVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 Watchedadvcl
15,,PUNCT_19 gopunct
16diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin19 goaux
17n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg19 goadvmod
18evenevenADV_19 goadvmod
19gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf6 Watchedconj
20outsideoutsideADV_19 goadvmod
21!!PUNCT_19 gopunct
22""PUNCT_19 gopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1watch in a quotepastHarry's matethe whole seriesdayvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent series=Theme
2buzz in a quotegerundHarry's mate not said herevn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3not go in a quotepast · do-supportHarry's mate not said hereoutside propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: On Monday he's grumpy and tired.

caseoblnsubjcopccconjpunctrootOnADPMondayPROPNhePRON'sAUXgrumpyADJandCCONJtiredADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnonADP_2 Mondaycase
2MondayMondayPROPNNumber=Sing5 grumpyobl
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 grumpynsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 grumpycop
5grumpygrumpyADJDegree=Posrootroot
6andandCCONJ_7 tiredcc
7tiredtiredADJDegree=Pos5 grumpyconj
8..PUNCT_5 grumpypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentmatemondaygrumpy propertytree rules
2bemate not said heretree rules

Sentence 3: Why?

punctrootWhyADV?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Introotroot
2??PUNCT_1 Whypunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Too much screen, little sleep and no fresh air

advmodamodpunctamodconjccdetamodconjrootTooADVmuchADJscreenNOUN,PUNCTlittleADJsleepNOUNandCCONJnoDETfreshADJairNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TootooADV_2 muchadvmod
2muchmuchADJDegree=Pos3 screenamod
3screenscreenNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4,,PUNCT_6 sleeppunct
5littlelittleADJDegree=Pos6 sleepamod
6sleepsleepNOUNNumber=Sing3 screenconj
7andandCCONJ_10 aircc
8nonoDETPronType=Neg10 airdet
9freshfreshADJDegree=Pos10 airamod
10airairNOUNNumber=Sing3 screenconj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He watched it on the wrong channel

nsubjobjcasedetamodoblrootHePRONwatchedVERBitPRONonADPtheDETwrongADJchannelNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 watchednsubj
2watchedwatchVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 watchedobj
4ononADP_7 channelcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 channeldet
6wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos7 channelamod
7channelchannelNOUNNumber=Sing2 watchedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1watchpastHeitthe wrong channelvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

The series put some kind of spell on him

detnsubjdetobjcasenmodcaseoblrootTheDETseriesNOUNputVERBsomeDETkindNOUNofADPspellNOUNonADPhimPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 seriesdet
2seriesseriesNOUNNumber=Sing3 putnsubj
3putputVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4somesomeDETPronType=Ind5 kinddet
5kindkindNOUNNumber=Sing3 putobj
6ofofADP_7 spellcase
7spellspellNOUNNumber=Sing5 kindnmod
8ononADP_9 himcase
9himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 putobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putinfinitivethe seriessome kind of spellon him = hevn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent kind=Theme on he=Destination

Option 4

Mondays are always tiring for everyone, whatever they do

nsubjauxadvmodcaseoblpunctobjnsubjacl:relclrootMondaysNOUNareAUXalwaysADVtiringVERBforADPeveryonePRON,PUNCTwhateverPRONtheyPRONdoVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MondaysmondayNOUNNumber=Plur4 tiringnsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 tiringaux
3alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot4 tiringadvmod
4tiringtireVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
5forforADP_6 everyonecase
6everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot4 tiringobl
7,,PUNCT_8 whateverpunct
8whateverwhateverPRONPronType=Rel10 doobj
9theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs10 donsubj
10dodoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 everyoneacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tirepresent · progressiveMondaysfor everyone; always propertyvn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2dopresentMondays = mondaywhatevervn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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