Test 7 · ★ · Describing: senses, showing and precise words A Gen Alpha cousin says "This cake is bussin', it's giving birthday." ("Bussin'" means really good.) In a story, which line shows the cake best?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gen cousin, cake, Bussin, line · What happens: say, be, give, mean, show · To what, where: birthday, cake · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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 Gen Alpha cousin says "This cake is bussin', it's giving birthday."
det compound flat nsubj punct det nsubj cop ccomp case nsubj aux ccomp obj punct punct root A DET Gen PROPN Alpha PROPN cousin NOUN says VERB " PUNCT This DET cake NOUN is AUX bussin ADJ ', PART it PRON 's AUX giving VERB birthday NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 cousin det 2 Gen Gen PROPN Number=Sing 4 cousin compound 3 Alpha Alpha PROPN Number=Sing 2 Gen flat 4 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 10 bussin punct 7 This this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 cake det 8 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 10 bussin nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 bussin cop 10 bussin bussin ADJ Degree=Pos 5 says ccomp 11 ', ', PART _ 10 bussin case 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 giving nsubj 13 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 giving aux 14 giving give VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 says ccomp 15 birthday birthday NOUN Number=Sing 14 giving obj 16 . . PUNCT _ 14 giving punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 14 giving punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Gen cousin vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 is in a quote present this cake bussin property tree rules 3 give in a quote present · progressive cake birthday vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birthday=Theme
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: ("Bussin'" means really good.)
punct punct nsubj punct punct advmod xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Bussin PROPN ' PUNCT " PUNCT means VERB really ADV good ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bussin punct 3 Bussin Bussin PROPN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 4 ' ' PUNCT _ 3 Bussin punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bussin punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 really really ADV _ 8 good advmod 8 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 6 means xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Bussin good property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: In a story, which line shows the cake best?
case det obl punct det nsubj det obj nmod punct root In ADP a DET story NOUN , PUNCT which DET line NOUN shows VERB the DET cake NOUN best ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 story case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 story det 3 story story NOUN Number=Sing 7 shows obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 story punct 5 which which DET PronType=Int 6 line det 6 line line NOUN Number=Sing 7 shows nsubj 7 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 cake det 9 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 7 shows obj 10 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 9 cake nmod 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 7 shows punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present which line the cake best in a story vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent cake=Patient in story=Topic
The options Option 1 The cake was a cake that was really cake.
det nsubj cop det nsubj cop advmod conj punct root The DET cake NOUN was AUX a DET cake NOUN that PRON was AUX really ADV cake NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cake det 2 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 5 cake nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 cake cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 cake det 5 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 that that PRON PronType=Rel 9 cake nsubj 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 cake cop 8 really really ADV _ 9 cake advmod 9 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 5 cake conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 cake punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past the cake a cake and cake tree rules 2 is a past that cake tree rules
Option 2 The cake was bussin' and very nice and very good and nice.
det nsubj cop punct cc advmod conj cc advmod conj cc conj punct root The DET cake NOUN was AUX bussin ADJ ' PUNCT and CCONJ very ADV nice ADJ and CCONJ very ADV good ADJ and CCONJ nice ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cake det 2 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 4 bussin nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 bussin cop 4 bussin bussin ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 ' ' PUNCT _ 4 bussin punct 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 nice cc 7 very very ADV _ 8 nice advmod 8 nice nice ADJ Degree=Pos 4 bussin conj 9 and and CCONJ _ 11 good cc 10 very very ADV _ 11 good advmod 11 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 8 nice conj 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 nice cc 13 nice nice ADJ Degree=Pos 8 nice conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 4 bussin punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past the cake bussin property tree rules 2 be the cake not said here tree rules
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice It was giving cake, the cake was cakey.
nsubj aux obj punct det nsubj cop parataxis punct root It PRON was AUX giving VERB cake NOUN , PUNCT the DET cake NOUN was AUX cakey ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 giving nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 giving aux 3 giving give VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 3 giving obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 3 giving punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 cake det 7 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 9 cakey nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 cakey cop 9 cakey cakey ADJ Degree=Pos 3 giving parataxis 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 giving punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give past · progressive It cake vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme 2 is past the cake cakey property tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer The icing was thick and the sponge still warm.
det nsubj cop cc det nsubj advmod conj punct root The DET icing NOUN was AUX thick ADJ and CCONJ the DET sponge NOUN still ADV warm ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 icing det 2 icing icing NOUN Number=Sing 4 thick nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 thick cop 4 thick thick ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 9 warm cc 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 sponge det 7 sponge sponge NOUN Number=Sing 9 warm nsubj 8 still still ADV _ 9 warm advmod 9 warm warm ADJ Degree=Pos 4 thick conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 thick punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past the icing thick property tree rules 2 be the sponge still tree rules
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