Test 8 · Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz
Kian groans that his random line was "bare embarrassing" ("bare" means very). Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kian, random line, bare · What happens: groan, be, mean
This is test 8 of lesson 40 «Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz» 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: Kian groans that his random line was "bare embarrassing" ("bare" means very).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kian | Kian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 groans | nsubj |
| 2 | groans | groan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 embarrassing | mark |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 line | nmod:poss |
| 5 | random | random | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 line | amod |
| 6 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 embarrassing | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 embarrassing | cop |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 embarrassing | punct |
| 9 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 embarrassing | amod |
| 10 | embarrassing | embarrassing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 groans | advcl |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 embarrassing | punct |
| 12 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 16 means | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 bare | punct |
| 14 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 means | nsubj |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 bare | punct |
| 16 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 groans | parataxis |
| 17 | very | very | ADV | _ | 16 means | advmod |
| 18 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 16 means | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 groans | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | groan | present | Kian | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | past | Kian's random line | embarrassing property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | mean | present | bare | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V 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: 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
Actors never forget lines, so he is the only one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Actors | actor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 forget | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 forget | advmod |
| 3 | forget | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 forget | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 one | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 one | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 one | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 one | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 one | det |
| 10 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 one | amod |
| 11 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forget | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forget | present | Actors | lines | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | he | the only one | tree rules |
Option 2
One forgotten line ruins the whole play
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 line | nummod |
| 2 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 line | amod |
| 3 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruins | nsubj |
| 4 | ruins | ruin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 play | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 play | amod |
| 7 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruins | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | ruin | present | One forgotten line | the whole play | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent play=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Improvising kept the scene going, and audiences forgive
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Improvising | improvise | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 kept | nsubj |
| 2 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 scene | det |
| 4 | scene | scene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kept | obj |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 scene | acl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 forgive | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 forgive | cc |
| 8 | audiences | audience | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 forgive | nsubj |
| 9 | forgive | forgive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 kept | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | improvise | gerund | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | keep | past | the scene | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scene=Theme | |||||
| 3 | go | gerund | the scene not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | forgive | present | audiences | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
He should have walked off the stage
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 | 4 walked | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 walked | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 walked | aux |
| 4 | walked | walk | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 stage | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stage | det |
| 7 | stage | stage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 walked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk off | should · perfect | He | the stage | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stage=Source |
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