Test 4 · ★ · Singing, choirs and talent shows
Gran tells Morag, "Dinnae greet, hen, ye sang braw!" What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, ye · What happens: tell, greet, sing, mean · To what, where: Morag, braw · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 8 «Singing, choirs and talent shows» 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: Gran tells Morag, "Dinnae greet, hen, ye sang braw!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 tells | nsubj |
| 2 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Morag | Morag | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 tells | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 greet | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 greet | punct |
| 6 | Dinnae | Dinnae | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 greet | dep |
| 7 | greet | greet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 tells | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hen | punct |
| 9 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 greet | vocative |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sang | punct |
| 11 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 12 sang | nsubj |
| 12 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 greet | conj |
| 13 | braw | braw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sang | obj |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 greet | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 greet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | Gran | Morag | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent morag=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | greet speech: greet in a quote | infinitive | hen vocative | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | sing speech: express in a quote | past | ye | braw | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location braw=Theme |
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: What does she mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Gran | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Don't go, the show isn't over
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 go | advmod |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 go | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 show | det |
| 6 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 over | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 over | cop |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 over | advmod |
| 9 | over | over | ADV | _ | 3 go | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | imperative · do-support | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not is | present | the show | over property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Don't cry, dear, you sang great
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 cry | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 cry | advmod |
| 3 | cry | cry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 dear | punct |
| 5 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cry | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sang | punct |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 sang | nsubj |
| 8 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cry | conj |
| 9 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sang | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cry speech: express | imperative · do-support | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | past | you | great property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
Option 3
Don't sing again, it was bad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 sing | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 sing | advmod |
| 3 | sing | sing | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 sing | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sing | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 bad | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 bad | cop |
| 8 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sing | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not sing speech: express | imperative · do-support | you not said here | again | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | past | it | bad property | tree rules |
Option 4
Don't eat, you need to warm up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 eat | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 eat | advmod |
| 3 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 need | punct |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 need | nsubj |
| 6 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 eat | conj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 warm | mark |
| 8 | warm | warm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 need | xcomp |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 warm | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not eat | imperative · do-support | you not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | need | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | warm up not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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