Test 5 · ★ · Starting a band
Chloe says "yeah nah, no arguing." Does she agree with arguing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Chloe · What happens: say, agree, argue · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Chloe says "yeah nah, no arguing."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 nah | punct |
| 4 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 nah | discourse |
| 5 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 arguing | discourse |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 arguing | punct |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 arguing | det |
| 8 | arguing | arguing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 arguing | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 arguing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Chloe | 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: Does she agree with arguing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 agree | aux |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 agree | nsubj |
| 3 | agree | agree | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 arguing | case |
| 5 | arguing | argue | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 agree | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 agree | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | present · do-support | Chloe | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | argue speech: disagree | gerund | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, she wants a big argument about it all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 wants | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wants | nsubj |
| 4 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 argument | det |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 argument | amod |
| 7 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wants | obj |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 argument | nmod |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 it | det |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | she | a big argument | about argument | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot argument=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, in Australia "yeah nah" means no
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Australia | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Australia | case |
| 4 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 means | obl |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 nah | punct |
| 6 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 nah | discourse |
| 7 | nah | nah | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 means | nsubj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 nah | punct |
| 9 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | nah | no | in Australia | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot no=Theme in australia=Attribute |
Option 3
She is not sure yet, so she says both words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sure | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sure | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 sure | advmod |
| 4 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 4 sure | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 says | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 says | nsubj |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sure | parataxis |
| 10 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 words | det |
| 11 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 says | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | She | yet | sure property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | she | both words | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
Option 4
Yes, in Australia "yeah nah" means yes please
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Australia | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Australia | case |
| 4 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 means | obl |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 nah | punct |
| 6 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 nah | discourse |
| 7 | nah | nah | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 means | nsubj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 nah | punct |
| 9 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 means | obj |
| 11 | please | please | INTJ | _ | 9 means | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | nah | in Australia | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot yes=Theme in australia=Attribute |
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