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Test 1 · Vocabulary in context

«famished means full up, deffo». What context clue proves this wrong?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: context clue · What happens: famish, mean, prove

This is test 1 of lesson 20 «Vocabulary in context» 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: «famished means full up, deffo».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 famished	punct
2	famished	famish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 means	xcomp
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 full	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 deffo	punct
7	deffo	deffo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	parataxis
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 deffo	punct
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	famish in a quote	past							tree rules
2	mean in a quote	present						full property	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: What context clue proves this wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 proves	obj
2	context	context	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clue	compound
3	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proves	nsubj
4	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 wrong	nsubj
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 proves	ccomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 proves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	context clue						vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

After a long walk you'd be hungry, not full

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	4 walk	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 walk	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 walk	amod
4	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hungry	obl
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 hungry	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hungry	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 hungry	cop
8	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 full	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 full	advmod
11	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hungry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	you				after a long walk	hungry property	tree rules
2	not be		you not said here						tree rules

Option 2

Nobody walks that far

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 walks	nsubj
2	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 far	nsubj
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 walks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	Nobody						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Famished is a word for a colour that is used in old books

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Famished	famish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 word	amod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 word	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 word	det
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 colour	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 colour	det
7	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 word	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 used	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 used	aux:pass
10	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 colour	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 books	case
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 books	amod
13	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	famish	participle							tree rules
2	is a	present		a Famished word				for a colour	tree rules
3	use	present · passive		a colour		old books			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The word starts with F

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 word	det
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 starts	nsubj
3	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 F	case
5	F	F	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 starts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	the word					with F	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with f=Subeventuality

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