Test 5 · ★ · Openings that hook the reader A girl in Boston says "That first line is wicked good." ("Wicked" means very in New England.) Which line might she mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, first line, Wicked, line · What happens: say, be, mean · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 40 «Openings that hook the reader» 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: A girl in Boston says "That first line is wicked good."
det nsubj case nmod punct det amod nsubj cop amod ccomp punct punct root A DET girl NOUN in ADP Boston PROPN says VERB " PUNCT That DET first ADJ line NOUN is AUX wicked ADJ good ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 girl det 2 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Boston case 4 Boston Boston PROPN Number=Sing 2 girl nmod 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 12 good punct 7 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 line det 8 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 9 line amod 9 line line NOUN Number=Sing 12 good nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 good cop 11 wicked wicked ADJ Degree=Pos 12 good amod 12 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 5 says ccomp 13 . . PUNCT _ 12 good punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 12 good punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a girl in Boston vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present that first line good property 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: ("Wicked" means very in New England.)
punct punct nsubj punct advmod case flat obl punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Wicked ADJ " PUNCT means VERB very ADV in ADP New PROPN England PROPN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Wicked punct 3 Wicked wicked ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Wicked punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 very very ADV _ 9 England advmod 7 in in ADP _ 9 England case 8 New New PROPN Number=Sing 9 England flat 9 England England PROPN Number=Sing 5 means obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Wicked in New England vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in england=Attribute
Sentence 3: Which line might she mean?
det nsubj aux nsubj punct root Which DET line NOUN might AUX she PRON mean VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which DET PronType=Int 2 line det 2 line line NOUN Number=Sing 5 mean nsubj 3 might might AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 mean aux 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 mean nsubj 5 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 mean punct
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1 mean might which line vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice This is my story.
nsubj cop nmod:poss punct root This PRON is AUX my PRON story NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 This this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 story nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 story cop 3 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 story nmod:poss 4 story story NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 story punct
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1 is a present This my story tree rules
Option 2 I woke up and had my breakfast and went to school.
nsubj compound:prt cc conj nmod:poss obj cc conj case obl punct root I PRON woke VERB up ADP and CCONJ had VERB my PRON breakfast NOUN and CCONJ went VERB to ADP school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 woke nsubj 2 woke wake VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 woke compound:prt 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 had cc 5 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 woke conj 6 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 breakfast nmod:poss 7 breakfast breakfast NOUN Number=Sing 5 had obj 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 went cc 9 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 woke conj 10 to to ADP _ 11 school case 11 school school NOUN Number=Sing 9 went obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 woke punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wake up past I vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 have past I not said here my breakfast vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Patient 3 go past I not said here school vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer The phone rang at midnight, but nobody in the house owned a phone.
The tree, 13 words det nsubj case obl punct cc nsubj case det nmod conj det obj punct root The DET phone NOUN rang VERB at ADP midnight NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ nobody PRON in ADP the DET house NOUN owned VERB a DET phone NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 phone det 2 phone phone NOUN Number=Sing 3 rang nsubj 3 rang ring VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 at at ADP _ 5 midnight case 5 midnight midnight NOUN Number=Sing 3 rang obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 12 owned punct 7 but but CCONJ _ 12 owned cc 8 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 12 owned nsubj 9 in in ADP _ 11 house case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 house det 11 house house NOUN Number=Sing 8 nobody nmod 12 owned own VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 rang conj 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 phone det 14 phone phone NOUN Number=Sing 12 owned obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 rang punct
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1 ring past the phone midnight vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 own past nobody a phone vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot phone=Theme
Option 4 Once upon a time there was a boy.
advmod case det obl expl det nsubj punct root Once ADV upon ADP a DET time NOUN there PRON was VERB a DET boy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 6 was advmod 2 upon upon ADP _ 4 time case 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 time det 4 time time NOUN Number=Sing 1 Once obl 5 there there PRON PronType=Dem 6 was expl 6 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 boy det 8 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 6 was nsubj 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 was punct
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1 be past a boy there once property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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