Test 1 · ★ · Scary films, nightmares and sad endings Noah's grandad turns on an old film with no colour at all. "Is the telly broken, Grandad?" What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad, truth · What happens: turn, be, break · To what, where: old film, telly
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 56 «Scary films, nightmares and sad endings» 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: Noah's grandad turns on an old film with no colour at all. "
nmod:poss case nsubj case det amod obl case det obl case nmod punct punct root Noah PROPN 's PART grandad NOUN turns VERB on ADP an DET old ADJ film NOUN with ADP no DET colour NOUN at ADP all DET . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Noah Noah PROPN Number=Sing 3 grandad nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Noah case 3 grandad grandad NOUN Number=Sing 4 turns nsubj 4 turns turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 on on ADP _ 8 film case 6 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 film det 7 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 8 film amod 8 film film NOUN Number=Sing 4 turns obl 9 with with ADP _ 11 colour case 10 no no DET PronType=Neg 11 colour det 11 colour colour NOUN Number=Sing 4 turns obl 12 at at ADP _ 13 all case 13 all all DET PronType=Tot 11 colour nmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 4 turns punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 4 turns punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 turn present Noah's grandad a old film with no colour at all vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on film=Trajectory
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: Is the telly broken, Grandad?"
cop det csubj punct vocative punct punct root Is AUX the DET telly NOUN broken VERB , PUNCT Grandad PROPN ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 telly cop 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 telly det 3 telly telly NOUN Number=Sing 4 broken csubj 4 broken break VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 Grandad punct 6 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 4 broken vocative 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 broken punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 4 broken punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the telly tree rules 2 break participle Grandad vocative vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
Sentence 3: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truth tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Yes, old films only work on old tellies
discourse punct amod nsubj advmod case amod obl root Yes INTJ , PUNCT old ADJ films NOUN only ADV work VERB on ADP old ADJ tellies NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 3 old discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 4 films amod 4 films film NOUN Number=Plur 6 work nsubj 5 only only ADV _ 6 work advmod 6 work work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 on on ADP _ 9 tellies case 8 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 9 tellies amod 9 tellies telly NOUN Number=Plur 6 work obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 work present old films on old tellies vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on telly=Theme
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer No, it's a black-and-white film from long ago
discourse punct nsubj cop det amod punct cc punct conj case advmod advmod root No INTJ , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX a DET black ADJ - PUNCT and CCONJ - PUNCT white ADJ film NOUN from ADP long ADV ago ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 11 film discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 film nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 film cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 film det 6 black black ADJ Degree=Pos 11 film amod 7 - - PUNCT _ 6 black punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 10 white cc 9 - - PUNCT _ 8 and punct 10 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 6 black conj 11 film film NOUN Number=Sing root root 12 from from ADP _ 13 long case 13 long long ADV Degree=Pos 14 ago advmod 14 ago ago ADV _ 11 film advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present it a black film ago property tree rules
Option 3 No, it's a film about a world with no colour
discourse punct nsubj cop det case det nmod case det nmod root No INTJ , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX a DET film NOUN about ADP a DET world NOUN with ADP no DET colour NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 film discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 film nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 film cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 film det 6 film film NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 about about ADP _ 9 world case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 world det 9 world world NOUN Number=Sing 6 film nmod 10 with with ADP _ 12 colour case 11 no no DET PronType=Neg 12 colour det 12 colour colour NOUN Number=Sing 6 film nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present it a film about a world; with no colour tree rules
Option 4 Yes, the colour part of the telly has stopped working
discourse punct det compound nsubj:pass case det nmod aux xcomp root Yes INTJ , PUNCT the DET colour NOUN part NOUN of ADP the DET telly NOUN has AUX stopped VERB working VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 10 stopped discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 part det 4 colour colour NOUN Number=Sing 5 part compound 5 part part NOUN Number=Sing 10 stopped nsubj:pass 6 of of ADP _ 8 telly case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 telly det 8 telly telly NOUN Number=Sing 5 part nmod 9 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 stopped aux 10 stopped stop VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 11 working work VERB VerbForm=Ger 10 stopped xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop present · perfect · passive the colour part of the telly tree rules 2 work gerund vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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