Test 11 · Retrieval: finding the answer in the text
«skibidi this text is massive, i'm not reading all that». What does «skibidi» mean here?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: skibidi, i · What happens: be, not read, mean · To what, where: that
This is test 11 of lesson 17 «Retrieval: finding the answer in the text» of the English 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: «skibidi this text is massive, i'm not reading all that».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 skibidi | punct |
| 2 | skibidi | skibidi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 massive | nsubj |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 text | det |
| 4 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 massive | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 massive | cop |
| 6 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 reading | punct |
| 8 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 reading | nsubj |
| 9 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 reading | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 reading | advmod |
| 11 | reading | read | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 massive | parataxis |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 that | det:predet |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 reading | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 reading | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 massive | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | skibidi | massive property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not read in a quote | present · progressive | i | that | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic |
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 «skibidi» mean here?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mean | aux |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 skibidi | punct |
| 4 | skibidi | skibidi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mean | nsubj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 skibidi | punct |
| 6 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 mean | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | skibidi | here | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It's slang that means the text is really brilliant
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 slang | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 slang | cop |
| 3 | slang | slang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 brilliant | parataxis |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 means | nsubj |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 slang | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 text | det |
| 7 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 brilliant | cop |
| 9 | really | really | ADV | _ | 10 brilliant | advmod |
| 10 | brilliant | brilliant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | slang | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | slang | the text | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent text=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is | present | brilliant property | tree rules |
Option 2
It's a type of question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 type | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 type | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 type | det |
| 4 | type | type | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 question | case |
| 6 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 type | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a type | of question | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nothing, it's a word kids shout
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 word | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 word | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 word | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 word | det |
| 6 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 shout | nsubj |
| 8 | shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 word | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nothing | a word | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | present | kids | a word not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
Option 4
It means the text is too short
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 text | det |
| 4 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 short | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 short | cop |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 short | advmod |
| 7 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the text | short property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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