Test 6 · Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging
Dad, bit snappy: "It's not 'your welcome', it's 'you're welcome', get it right." Why is Dad right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bit, your, Dad · What happens: not be, get, welcome, be · To what, where: welcome
This is test 6 of lesson 34 «Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging» 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: Dad, bit snappy: "It's not 'your welcome', it's 'you're welcome', get it right."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bit | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
| 3 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 snappy | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | snappy | snappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 welcome | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 welcome | punct |
| 7 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 welcome | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 welcome | cop |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 welcome | advmod |
| 10 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 welcome | punct |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 welcome | nmod:poss |
| 12 | welcome | welcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 welcome | nsubj:outer |
| 13 | ', | ', | PART | _ | 12 welcome | dep |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 welcome | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 welcome | cop |
| 16 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 welcome | punct |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 welcome | nsubj |
| 18 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 welcome | cop |
| 19 | welcome | welcome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 snappy | conj |
| 20 | ', | ', | PART | _ | 21 get | mark |
| 21 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 welcome | advcl |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 get | obj |
| 23 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 get | xcomp |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 snappy | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 snappy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | present | bit | welcome property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | infinitive | bit not said here | welcome | right property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | welcome in a quote | your | nom welcome «state transitive»: poss=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: Why is Dad right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 right | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 3 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 right | nsubj |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Dad | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
"Welcome" needs an apostrophe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Welcome | punct |
| 2 | Welcome | welcome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 needs | nsubj |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Welcome | punct |
| 4 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 apostrophe | det |
| 6 | apostrophe | apostrophe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Welcome | a apostrophe | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot apostrophe=Theme |
Option 2
"Your" is always a rude word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Your | punct |
| 2 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 word | nmod:poss |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Your | punct |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 word | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 word | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 word | det |
| 7 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 word | amod |
| 8 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Your rude word | always property | tree rules |
Option 3
"You're" shows belonging
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 're | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 're | nsubj |
| 3 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shows | csubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 're | punct |
| 5 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | belonging | belonging | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | belonging | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent belonging=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
"You're" stands for "you are"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 stands | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 stands | nsubj |
| 3 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 stands | cop |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 're | punct |
| 5 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 are | mark |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 are | punct |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 are | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 stands | ccomp |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 are | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | You | stand property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | does in a quote | present | you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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