Test 6 · ★★ · Modern art: "my little brother could do that" Chloe's dad says, "A toilet? You're having a laugh." What is the fairest answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, You, fairest answer · What happens: say, have, be · To what, where: laugh · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Modern art: "my little brother could do that"» 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: Chloe's dad says, "A toilet?
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct det ccomp punct root Chloe PROPN 's PART dad NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT A DET toilet NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chloe Chloe PROPN Number=Sing 3 dad nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Chloe case 3 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 toilet punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 toilet punct 7 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 toilet det 8 toilet toilet NOUN Number=Sing 4 says ccomp 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Chloe's dad vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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: You're having a laugh."
nsubj aux det obj punct punct root You PRON 're AUX having VERB a DET laugh NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 having nsubj 2 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 having aux 3 having have VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 laugh det 5 laugh laugh NOUN Number=Sing 3 having obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 having punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 3 having punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present · progressive You a laugh vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Patient
Sentence 3: What is the fairest answer?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET fairest ADJ answer NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 answer det 4 fairest fair ADJ Degree=Sup 5 answer amod 5 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the fairest answer tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice He is wrong, because absolutely everyone agrees that it is great
nsubj cop punct mark advmod nsubj parataxis mark nsubj cop ccomp root He PRON is AUX wrong ADJ , PUNCT because SCONJ absolutely ADV everyone PRON agrees VERB that SCONJ it PRON is AUX great ADJ 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 wrong nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 agrees punct 5 because because SCONJ _ 8 agrees mark 6 absolutely absolutely ADV _ 7 everyone advmod 7 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 8 agrees nsubj 8 agrees agree VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong parataxis 9 that that SCONJ _ 12 great mark 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 great nsubj 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 great cop 12 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 8 agrees ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He wrong property tree rules 2 agree speech: agree present everyone vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is present it great property tree rules
Option 2 It was a joke that nobody noticed at the time or since
nsubj cop det obj nsubj acl:relcl case det obl cc advmod root It PRON was AUX a DET joke NOUN that PRON nobody PRON noticed VERB at ADP the DET time NOUN or CCONJ since ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 joke nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 joke cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 joke det 4 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 noticed obj 6 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 7 noticed nsubj 7 noticed notice VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 joke acl:relcl 8 at at ADP _ 10 time case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 time det 10 time time NOUN Number=Sing 7 noticed obl 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 since cc 12 since since ADP _ 7 noticed advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past It a joke tree rules 2 notice past nobody a joke time vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Many still disagree, but it asked who decides what art is
nsubj advmod punct cc nsubj conj nsubj ccomp ccomp nsubj cop root Many ADJ still ADV disagree VERB , PUNCT but CCONJ it PRON asked VERB who PRON decides VERB what PRON art NOUN is AUX The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Many many ADJ Degree=Pos 3 disagree nsubj 2 still still ADV _ 3 disagree advmod 3 disagree disagree VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 asked punct 5 but but CCONJ _ 7 asked cc 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 asked nsubj 7 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 disagree conj 8 who who PRON PronType=Rel 9 decides nsubj 9 decides decide VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 asked ccomp 10 what what PRON PronType=Int 9 decides ccomp 11 art art NOUN Number=Sing 10 what nsubj 12 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 what cop
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 disagree present Many still vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 ask speech: ask past it vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 decide present vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 is a present art tree rules
Option 4 He is right, nobody talks about it now
nsubj cop punct nsubj parataxis case obl advmod root He PRON is AUX right ADJ , PUNCT nobody PRON talks VERB about ADP it PRON now ADV 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 right nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 talks punct 5 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 6 talks nsubj 6 talks talk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right parataxis 7 about about ADP _ 8 it case 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 talks obl 9 now now ADV PronType=Dem 6 talks advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 talk present nobody now about it vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic
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