Test 9 · Special effects and stunts
Your mum says de-ageing is "a bit creepy, like a waxwork". Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, de ageing · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 25 «Special effects and stunts» 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: Your mum says de-ageing is "a bit creepy, like a waxwork".
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 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | de | de | X | Foreign=Yes | 6 ageing | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 de | punct |
| 6 | ageing | ageing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 creepy | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 creepy | cop |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 creepy | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bit | det |
| 10 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 creepy | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | creepy | creepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 waxwork | punct |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 waxwork | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 waxwork | det |
| 15 | waxwork | waxwork | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 creepy | appos |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 waxwork | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | de ageing | a bit obl:unmarked; creepy property | 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: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Everyone agrees it looks perfectly real
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 agrees | nsubj |
| 2 | agrees | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 looks | nsubj |
| 4 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 agrees | ccomp |
| 5 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 6 real | advmod |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 looks | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | present | Everyone | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | look | present | it | real property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
De-ageing is illegal in films
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De | De | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ageing | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 De | punct |
| 3 | ageing | ageing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 illegal | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 illegal | cop |
| 5 | illegal | illegal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 films | case |
| 7 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 illegal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | De ageing | films | illegal property | tree rules |
Option 3
It is only used in cartoons
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 used | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 used | aux:pass |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 used | advmod |
| 4 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 cartoons | case |
| 6 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · passive | It | cartoons | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
People argue about it; some love it and some find it strange
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 argue | nsubj |
| 2 | argue | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 argue | obl |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 love | punct |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 love | nsubj |
| 7 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 argue | parataxis |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 love | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 find | cc |
| 10 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 find | nsubj |
| 11 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 love | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 find | obj |
| 13 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 find | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | argue speech: disagree | present | People | about it | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | love | present | some | it | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | find | present | some | it | strange property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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