Test 8 · ★ · Singing, choirs and talent shows
Your sister says the talent show proves the judge is the nastiest person alive. What should she remember?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, talent show, judge, show · What happens: say, prove, be, remember · To what, where: nastiest person · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Your sister says the talent show proves the judge is the nastiest person alive.
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 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 show | det |
| 5 | talent | talent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 show | compound |
| 6 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 proves | nsubj |
| 7 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 judge | det |
| 9 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 person | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 person | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 person | det |
| 12 | nastiest | nasty | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 13 person | amod |
| 13 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 proves | ccomp |
| 14 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 proves | xcomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your sister | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | prove | present | the talent show | alive property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | the judge | the nastiest person | 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: What should she remember?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 remember | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 remember | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 remember | nsubj |
| 4 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 remember | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | should | show | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Nastiness is in every judge's contract
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nastiness | nastiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 contract | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 contract | cop |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 contract | case |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 judge | det |
| 5 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 contract | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 judge | case |
| 7 | contract | contract | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nastiness | every judge's contract | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The show is cut and edited for drama
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 show | det |
| 2 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cut | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cut | aux:pass |
| 4 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 edited | cc |
| 6 | edited | edit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 cut | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 drama | case |
| 8 | drama | drama | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 edited | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | present · passive | the show | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | |||||
| 2 | edit | participle | for drama | tree rules |
Option 3
Judges always mean every word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judges | judge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 mean | advmod |
| 3 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 word | det |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Judges | every word | always property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
Option 4
TV never edits anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 edits | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 edits | advmod |
| 3 | edits | edit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 edits | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not edit | present | TV | anything | tree rules |
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