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Test 8 · ★ · Scary films, nightmares and sad endings

Aunt, laughing: "I still can't watch that shark film, and I'm forty!" What does this show?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, this · What happens: laugh, not watch, be, show · To what, where: shark film, forty

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Aunt, laughing: "I still can't watch that shark film, and I'm forty!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 laughing	punct
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Aunt	conj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Aunt	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 watch	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 watch	nsubj
7	still	still	ADV	_	10 watch	advmod
8	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 watch	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 watch	advmod
10	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Aunt	parataxis
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 film	det
12	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 film	compound
13	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 watch	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 forty	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 forty	cc
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 forty	nsubj
17	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 forty	cop
18	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 watch	obl
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Aunt	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Aunt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	gerund							vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not watch in a quote	can	I	that shark film			still		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme
3	is a in a quote	present	I	forty					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: What does this show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	this						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1

Sharks only scare people over forty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scare	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 scare	advmod
3	scare	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scare	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 forty	case
6	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 scare	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	present	Sharks	people		forty			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer

Option 2

She is lying to make you feel better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lying	aux
3	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lying	advcl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	xcomp
8	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 feel	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present · progressive	She						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	to-infinitive	She not said here	you					tree rules
3	feel	infinitive	you not said here					good property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Grown-ups get scared by films too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ups	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Grown	punct
3	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 films	case
7	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	obl
8	too	too	ADV	_	4 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	present	Grown ups					by films; scared property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

The film must have been all about her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 film	det
2	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 been	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 been	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 been	aux
5	been	be	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	all	all	ADV	_	5 been	advmod
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 been	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	must · perfect	the film					about her = she; all property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about she=Location

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