Test 8 · ★★ · The parents walk in: how good parents react Gran: "When I was your age I saw a horror film through the crack in the door. Gave me nightmares for a week!" Why does she tell this?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, she · What happens: be, see, give, tell · To what, where: age, horror film, crack, nightmares, me, this · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 59 «The parents walk in: how good parents react» 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: Gran: "When I was your age I saw a horror film through the crack in the door.
punct punct advmod nsubj cop nmod:poss conj nsubj acl:relcl det compound obj case det obl case det nmod punct root Gran NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT When ADV I PRON was AUX your PRON age NOUN I PRON saw VERB a DET horror NOUN film NOUN through ADP the DET crack NOUN in ADP the DET door NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran gran NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Gran punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 8 age punct 4 When when ADV PronType=Int 8 age advmod 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 age nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 age cop 7 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 age nmod:poss 8 age age NOUN Number=Sing 1 Gran conj 9 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 saw nsubj 10 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 age acl:relcl 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 film det 12 horror horror NOUN Number=Sing 13 film compound 13 film film NOUN Number=Sing 10 saw obj 14 through through ADP _ 16 crack case 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 crack det 16 crack crack NOUN Number=Sing 10 saw obl 17 in in ADP _ 19 door case 18 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 19 door det 19 door door NOUN Number=Sing 16 crack nmod 20 . . PUNCT _ 1 Gran punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote past I your age tree rules 2 see in a quote past I a horror film the crack in the door vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer film=Stimulus
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: Gave me nightmares for a week!"
iobj obj case det obl punct punct root Gave VERB me PRON nightmares NOUN for ADP a DET week NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 1 Gave iobj 3 nightmares nightmare NOUN Number=Plur 1 Gave obj 4 for for ADP _ 6 week case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 week det 6 week week NOUN Number=Sing 1 Gave obl 7 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 Gave punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 1 Gave punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give past nightmares me week vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient nightmare=Theme
Sentence 3: Why does she tell this?
advmod aux nsubj obj punct root Why ADV does AUX she PRON tell VERB this PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 tell advmod 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 tell aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 tell nsubj 4 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 tell obj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 tell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert present · do-support she this vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent this=Recipient
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer To show it happened to her and she got over it
mark nsubj ccomp case obl cc nsubj conj advmod obj root To PART show VERB it PRON happened VERB to ADP her PRON and CCONJ she PRON got VERB over ADV it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 show mark 2 show show VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 happened nsubj 4 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 show ccomp 5 to to ADP _ 6 her case 6 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 happened obl 7 and and CCONJ _ 9 got cc 8 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 got nsubj 9 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 happened conj 10 over over ADV _ 9 got advmod 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 got obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show to-infinitive vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 happen past it her = she vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 get over past she it over property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
Option 2 To show that films were scarier long ago
mark mark nsubj cop ccomp advmod advmod root To PART show VERB that SCONJ films NOUN were AUX scarier ADJ long ADV ago ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 show mark 2 show show VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 that that SCONJ _ 6 scarier mark 4 films film NOUN Number=Plur 6 scarier nsubj 5 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 scarier cop 6 scarier scarey ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 show ccomp 7 long long ADV Degree=Pos 8 ago advmod 8 ago ago ADV _ 2 show advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show to-infinitive ago property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is past films scarey property tree rules
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice To tell Jake he should watch films through doors
mark csubj obj nsubj aux obj case obl root To PART tell VERB Jake PROPN he PRON should AUX watch VERB films NOUN through ADP doors NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 tell mark 2 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 watch csubj 3 Jake Jake PROPN Number=Sing 2 tell obj 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 watch nsubj 5 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 watch aux 6 watch watch VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 films film NOUN Number=Plur 6 watch obj 8 through through ADP _ 9 doors case 9 doors door NOUN Number=Plur 6 watch obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert to-infinitive Jake vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent jake=Recipient 2 watch should Jake films doors vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme
Option 4 To blame Jake's mum for what happened to her
mark nmod:poss case obj mark nsubj advcl case obl root To PART blame VERB Jake PROPN 's PART mum NOUN for SCONJ what PRON happened VERB to ADP her PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 blame mark 2 blame blame VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Jake Jake PROPN Number=Sing 5 mum nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 Jake case 5 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 blame obj 6 for for SCONJ _ 8 happened mark 7 what what PRON PronType=Int 8 happened nsubj 8 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 blame advcl 9 to to ADP _ 10 her case 10 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 happened obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 blame to-infinitive Jake's mum vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Theme 2 happen past Jake vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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