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Test 5 · ★ · Describing: senses, showing and precise words

A dad from Leeds, dry: "Your monster's 'very scary'. Brilliant. Can't wait to be terrified." ("Dry" means saying it with a straight face.) What does he want?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dry · What happens: not wait, be, mean, say, want · To what, where: monster · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 41 «Describing: senses, showing and precise 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: A dad from Leeds, dry: "Your monster's 'very scary'.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dad	det
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dry	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Leeds	case
4	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 dad	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dry	punct
6	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 scary	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 scary	punct
9	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 monster	nmod:poss
10	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 scary	nsubj
11	's	's	PART	_	10 monster	case
12	'	'	PUNCT	_	14 scary	punct
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 scary	advmod
14	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dry	parataxis
15	'	'	PUNCT	_	14 scary	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 dry	punct

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

Sentence 2: Brilliant.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Brilliant	punct

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

Sentence 3: Can't wait to be terrified."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 wait	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 wait	advmod
3	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 terrified	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 terrified	cop
6	terrified	terrified	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wait	advcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wait	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wait	can							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive						terrified property	tree rules

Sentence 4: ("Dry" means saying it with a straight face.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Dry	punct
3	Dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Dry	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 means	xcomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 saying	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 face	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 face	det
10	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 face	amod
11	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saying	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Dry						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert not said to happen	gerund	Dry not said here	monster				with a straight face	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme with face=Manner

Sentence 5: What does he want?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 want	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 want	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 want	nsubj
4	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present · do-support	Dry						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The word "very" written three times

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	6 written	nsubj:pass
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 very	punct
4	very	very	ADV	_	6 written	advmod
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 very	punct
6	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 times	nummod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 written	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle · passive		the word			time		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

A second monster that is less scary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 monster	det
2	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 monster	amod
3	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 scary	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 scary	cop
6	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 scary	advmod
7	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 monster	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a second monster					less, scary property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Details that show the monster is scary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 scary	nsubj
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 show	nsubj
3	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Details	acl:relcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 monster	det
5	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 show	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 scary	cop
7	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Details		the monster				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent monster=Recipient
2	is	present	Details					scary property	tree rules

Option 4

A bigger font for "very scary"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 font	det
2	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 font	amod
3	font	font	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 scary	case
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 scary	punct
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 scary	advmod
7	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 font	nmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 scary	punct

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

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