Test 11 · ★ · Starting a band Lad in Liverpool says, "Our kid's drum kit is boss, la!" ("our kid" means brother, "boss" means great). What is he saying?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lad, drum kit, kid, boss · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: boss, brother · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 4 «Starting a band» 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: Lad in Liverpool says, "Our kid's drum kit is boss, la!"
nsubj case nmod punct punct nmod:poss nmod:poss case compound nsubj cop ccomp punct conj punct punct root Lad NOUN in ADP Liverpool PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Our PRON kid NOUN 's PART drum NOUN kit NOUN is AUX boss NOUN , PUNCT la X ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lad lad NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 3 Liverpool case 3 Liverpool Liverpool PROPN Number=Sing 1 Lad nmod 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 says punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 13 boss punct 7 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 kid nmod:poss 8 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 11 kit nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 kid case 10 drum drum NOUN Number=Sing 11 kit compound 11 kit kit NOUN Number=Sing 13 boss nsubj 12 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 boss cop 13 boss boss NOUN Number=Sing 4 says ccomp 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 la punct 15 la la X Foreign=Yes 13 boss conj 16 ! ! PUNCT _ 13 boss punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 13 boss punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: express present Lad in Liverpool vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present Our kid's drum kit boss 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: ("our kid" means brother, "boss" means great).
punct punct nmod:poss nsubj punct obj punct punct nsubj punct parataxis xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT our PRON kid NOUN " PUNCT means VERB brother NOUN , PUNCT " PUNCT boss NOUN " PUNCT means VERB great ADJ ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 4 kid punct 3 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 kid nmod:poss 4 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 kid punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 6 means obj 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 means punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 10 boss punct 10 boss boss NOUN Number=Sing 12 means nsubj 11 " " PUNCT _ 10 boss punct 12 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 means parataxis 13 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 12 means xcomp 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 12 means punct 15 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct
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1 mean present our kid brother vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Topic 2 mean present boss great property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is he saying?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX he PRON saying VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 saying obj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 saying aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 saying nsubj 4 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 saying punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · progressive boss vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer His brother's drum kit is great
nmod:poss nmod:poss case compound nsubj cop root His PRON brother NOUN 's PART drum NOUN kit NOUN is AUX great ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 5 kit nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 brother case 4 drum drum NOUN Number=Sing 5 kit compound 5 kit kit NOUN Number=Sing 7 great nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 great cop 7 great great ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present His brother's drum kit great property tree rules
Option 2 His boss owns a drum kit
nmod:poss nsubj det compound obj root His PRON boss NOUN owns VERB a DET drum NOUN kit NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 boss nmod:poss 2 boss boss NOUN Number=Sing 3 owns nsubj 3 owns own VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 kit det 5 drum drum NOUN Number=Sing 6 kit compound 6 kit kit NOUN Number=Sing 3 owns obj
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1 own present His boss a drum kit vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot kit=Theme
Option 3 The drum kit belongs to the teacher
det compound nsubj case det obl root The DET drum NOUN kit NOUN belongs VERB to ADP the DET teacher NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 kit det 2 drum drum NOUN Number=Sing 3 kit compound 3 kit kit NOUN Number=Sing 4 belongs nsubj 4 belongs belong VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to ADP _ 7 teacher case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 teacher det 7 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 4 belongs obl
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1 belong present the drum kit to the teacher vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
Option 4 His child is learning drums
nmod:poss nsubj aux obj root His PRON child NOUN is AUX learning VERB drums NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 child nmod:poss 2 child child NOUN Number=Sing 4 learning nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 learning aux 4 learning learn VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 drums drum NOUN Number=Plur 4 learning obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 learn present · progressive His child drums vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drum=Topic
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