Test 8 · ★ · Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how…
Dad, grumbling at the telly: "Who on earth puts an advert like that on during the footy at teatime?" What is he cross about?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dad · What happens: grumble, put on, be · To what, where: telly, advert, earth · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 58 «Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how it feels» 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: Dad, grumbling at the telly: "Who on earth puts an advert like that on during the footy at teatime?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 grumbling | punct |
| 3 | grumbling | grumble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Dad | acl |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 telly | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 telly | det |
| 6 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grumbling | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 puts | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Who | punct |
| 9 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 puts | nsubj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 earth | case |
| 11 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 puts | obl |
| 12 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Dad | acl:relcl |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 advert | det |
| 14 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 puts | obj |
| 15 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 that | case |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 puts | obl |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 puts | compound:prt |
| 18 | during | during | ADP | _ | 20 footy | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 footy | det |
| 20 | footy | footy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 puts | obl |
| 21 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 teatime | case |
| 22 | teatime | teatime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 footy | nmod |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grumble speech: other | gerund | Dad not said here | the telly | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | put on in a quote | present | Dad | a advert | earth | during the footy at teatime | like Dad | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent advert=Theme on earth=Destination |
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 is he cross about?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 cross | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cross | cop |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cross | nsubj |
| 4 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 cross | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 cross | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Dad | cross property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The TV was too loud during teatime
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 TV | det |
| 2 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loud | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 loud | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 loud | advmod |
| 5 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | during | during | ADP | _ | 7 teatime | case |
| 7 | teatime | teatime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loud | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the TV | during teatime | loud property | tree rules |
Option 2
The football match finished far too early
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 match | det |
| 2 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 match | compound |
| 3 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 finished | nsubj |
| 4 | finished | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 finished | advmod |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 early | advmod |
| 7 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 finished | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | finish | past | the football match | early, far property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
An advert unsuitable for children came on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 advert | det |
| 2 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | nsubj |
| 3 | unsuitable | unsuitable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 advert | amod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 children | case |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 unsuitable | obl |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADV | _ | 6 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come on | past | a advert | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
His team lost because of the advert
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 team | nmod:poss |
| 2 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 7 advert | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 because | fixed |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 advert | det |
| 7 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | His team | because the advert | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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