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!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry | Harry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Harry | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Watched | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Watched | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Watched | punct |
| 6 | Watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 series | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 series | amod |
| 9 | series | series | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Watched | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 days | case |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 days | nummod |
| 12 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 Watched | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 buzzing | punct |
| 14 | buzzing | buzz | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 Watched | advcl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 go | punct |
| 16 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 go | aux |
| 17 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 go | advmod |
| 18 | even | even | ADV | _ | 19 go | advmod |
| 19 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 Watched | conj |
| 20 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 19 go | advmod |
| 21 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 19 go | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch in a quote | past | Harry's mate | the whole series | day | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent series=Theme | |||
| 2 | buzz in a quote | gerund | Harry's mate not said here | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not go in a quote | past · do-support | Harry's mate not said here | outside property | vn 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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 2 Monday | case |
| 2 | Monday | Monday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 grumpy | obl |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 grumpy | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 grumpy | cop |
| 5 | grumpy | grumpy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 tired | cc |
| 7 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grumpy | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 grumpy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | mate | monday | grumpy property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | mate not said here | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Too | too | ADV | _ | 2 much | advmod |
| 2 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 screen | amod |
| 3 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sleep | punct |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sleep | amod |
| 6 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 screen | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 air | cc |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 air | det |
| 9 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 air | amod |
| 10 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 screen | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He watched it on the wrong channel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 watched | nsubj |
| 2 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 watched | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 channel | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 channel | det |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 channel | amod |
| 7 | channel | channel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 watched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past | He | it | the wrong channel | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
The series put some kind of spell on him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 series | det |
| 2 | series | series | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | nsubj |
| 3 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 kind | det |
| 5 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 spell | case |
| 7 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kind | nmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | infinitive | the series | some kind of spell | on him = he | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mondays | monday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tiring | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tiring | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 tiring | advmod |
| 4 | tiring | tire | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 everyone | case |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 tiring | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 whatever | punct |
| 8 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 do | obj |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 do | nsubj |
| 10 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 everyone | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tire | present · progressive | Mondays | for everyone; always property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | do | present | Mondays = monday | whatever | vn 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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