Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★ Your mate: «Your dad told me he's 'a bit under the weather'. Is he dying or what?» What does the phrase mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, phrase · What happens: tell, be, die, mean · To what, where: dad, bit, weather · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 61 «Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★» 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: Your mate: «Your dad told me he's 'a bit under the weather'.
nmod:poss punct punct nmod:poss nsubj conj iobj nsubj cop punct det ccomp case det nmod punct punct root Your PRON mate NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT Your PRON dad NOUN told VERB me PRON he PRON 's AUX ' PUNCT a DET bit NOUN under ADP the DET weather NOUN ' PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 7 told punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 7 told punct 5 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 dad nmod:poss 6 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 7 told nsubj 7 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 mate conj 8 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 told iobj 9 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 bit nsubj 10 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 bit cop 11 ' ' PUNCT _ 13 bit punct 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 bit det 13 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 7 told ccomp 14 under under ADP _ 16 weather case 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 weather det 16 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 13 bit nmod 17 ' ' PUNCT _ 13 bit punct 18 . . PUNCT _ 2 mate punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert in a quote past Your dad Your dad = dad vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient 2 is a in a quote present dad a bit the weather 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: Is he dying or what?»
aux nsubj cc obl punct punct root Is AUX he PRON dying VERB or CCONJ what PRON ? 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 dying aux 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 dying nsubj 3 dying die VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 what cc 5 what what PRON PronType=Rel 3 dying obl 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 dying punct 7 » » PUNCT _ 3 dying punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 die present · progressive dad vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Sentence 3: What does the phrase mean?
obj aux det nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX the DET phrase NOUN mean VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 mean obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 mean aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 phrase det 4 phrase phrase NOUN Number=Sing 5 mean nsubj 5 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 mean punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present · do-support the phrase vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice He is very seriously ill in hospital
nsubj cop advmod advmod case obl root He PRON is AUX very ADV seriously ADV ill ADJ in ADP hospital NOUN 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 5 ill nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 ill cop 3 very very ADV _ 4 seriously advmod 4 seriously seriously ADV _ 5 ill advmod 5 ill ill ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 in in ADP _ 7 hospital case 7 hospital hospital NOUN Number=Sing 5 ill obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He hospital ill, seriously property tree rules
Option 2 He is sad about the weather forecast
nsubj cop case det compound obl root He PRON is AUX sad ADJ about ADP the DET weather NOUN forecast NOUN 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 3 sad nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 sad cop 3 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 about about ADP _ 7 forecast case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 forecast det 6 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 7 forecast compound 7 forecast forecast NOUN Number=Sing 3 sad obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He about the weather forecast; sad property tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer He feels a bit poorly, like a cold
nsubj det obl:unmarked advmod punct case det parataxis root He PRON feels VERB a DET bit NOUN poorly ADV , PUNCT like ADP a DET cold NOUN 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 feels nsubj 2 feels feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 bit det 4 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 5 poorly obl:unmarked 5 poorly poorly ADV _ 2 feels advmod 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 cold punct 7 like like ADP _ 9 cold case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 cold det 9 cold cold NOUN Number=Sing 2 feels parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feel present He poorly property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Option 4 He is soaked from standing in the rain
nsubj aux:pass mark advcl case det obl root He PRON is AUX soaked VERB from SCONJ standing VERB in ADP the DET rain NOUN 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 3 soaked nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 soaked aux:pass 3 soaked soak VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 from from SCONJ _ 5 standing mark 5 standing stand VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 soaked advcl 6 in in ADP _ 8 rain case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 rain det 8 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 5 standing obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 soak present · passive He vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source 2 stand gerund the rain vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in rain=Location
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