Test 6 · ★ · Concerts, orchestras and live gigs
Tom's dad growls that the touts are "taking the mick". What is he cross about?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, touts · What happens: growl, take, be · To what, where: mick
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 11 «Concerts, orchestras and live gigs» of the arts 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: Tom's dad growls that the touts are "taking the mick".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Tom | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 growls | nsubj |
| 4 | growls | growl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 taking | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 touts | det |
| 7 | touts | tout | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 taking | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 taking | aux |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 taking | punct |
| 10 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 growls | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 mick | det |
| 12 | mick | mick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 taking | obj |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 taking | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 growls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | growl | present | Tom's dad | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | take in a quote | present · progressive | the touts | the mick | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mick=Theme |
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 band playing far too loud for his ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 band | det |
| 2 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 band | acl |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 loud | advmod |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 loud | advmod |
| 6 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 playing | xcomp |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 ears | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 ears | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 loud | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | gerund | the band not said here | loud property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The tickets being given away free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tickets | det |
| 2 | tickets | ticket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 given | aux:pass |
| 4 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 given | advmod |
| 6 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 given | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give away | gerund · passive | the tickets | away, free property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
The concert starting an hour early without warning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 concert | det |
| 2 | concert | concert | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | starting | start | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 concert | acl |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hour | det |
| 5 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 starting | obj |
| 6 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 starting | advmod |
| 7 | without | without | ADP | _ | 8 warning | case |
| 8 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 starting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | gerund | the concert not said here | hour | without warning; early property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
People reselling tickets for much more money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | reselling | resell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 People | acl |
| 3 | tickets | ticket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 reselling | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 money | case |
| 5 | much | much | ADV | _ | 6 more | advmod |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 money | amod |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reselling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | resell | gerund | People not said here | tickets | for more money | tree rules |
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