Test 2 · ★ · Tricky words and common exception words

Mum, cross: «SED?? rub it out, that's rubbish». What is a better response?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, better response · What happens: s, rub out, be · To what, where: cross, rubbish

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 3 «Tricky words and common exception words» 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: Mum, cross: «SED?? rub it out, that's rubbish».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cross	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cross	punct
3	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 SED	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 SED	punct
6	SED	s	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cross	acl
7	??	??	PART	_	8 rub	mark
8	rub	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 SED	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 rub	obj
10	out	out	ADP	_	8 rub	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 rubbish	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 rubbish	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 rubbish	cop
14	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 SED	parataxis
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 rubbish	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cross	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	s in a quote	participle		cross not said here	tree rules
2	rub out in a quote	infinitive		cross	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	is a in a quote	present	that	rubbish	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 is a better response?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 response	det
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 response	amod
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a better response						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

«Leave it, sed is fine at your age, nobody will ever mind»

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Leave	punct
2	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 Leave	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fine	punct
5	sed	sed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fine	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Leave	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 age	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 age	nmod:poss
10	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fine	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 mind	punct
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 mind	nsubj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 mind	aux
14	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	15 mind	advmod
15	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Leave	conj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	leave in a quote	imperative	you not said here	it			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is in a quote	present	sed		at your age	fine property	tree rules
3	mind in a quote	future	nobody		ever		vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

«Great listening! This one's tricky: s-ai-d»

Sentence 1: «Great listening!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 listening	punct
2	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 listening	amod
3	listening	listening	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 listening	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: This one's tricky: s-ai-d»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricky	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 one	case
4	tricky	tricky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 d	amod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 tricky	punct
6	s	s	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ai	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 s	punct
8	ai	ai	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 d	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 d	punct
10	d	D	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 d	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

«Sed is the American way, so it's OK»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 way	punct
2	Sed	Sed	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 way	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 OK	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 OK	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 OK	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 OK	cop
11	OK	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 OK	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Sed	the American way					tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	way					ok property	tree rules

Option 4

«Rub it out and write it ten times»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Rub	punct
2	Rub	rub	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 Rub	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 Rub	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 write	cc
6	write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 Rub	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 write	obj
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 times	nummod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 write	obl:unmarked
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Rub	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub out in a quote	imperative	you not said here	it					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	write in a quote	infinitive	you not said here	it			time		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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