Test 5 · ★★ · Building tension and suspense A lad from Newcastle says "That story's canny scary, man." ("Canny" means quite or very in the North East.) What probably made it scary?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lad, Canny · What happens: say, mean, make · To what, where: East · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 42 «Building tension and suspense» 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 lad from Newcastle says "That story's canny scary, man."
det nsubj case nmod punct det nmod:poss case amod amod punct ccomp punct punct root A DET lad NOUN from ADP Newcastle PROPN says VERB " PUNCT That DET story NOUN 's PART canny ADJ scary ADJ , PUNCT man NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 lad det 2 lad lad NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 3 from from ADP _ 4 Newcastle case 4 Newcastle Newcastle PROPN Number=Sing 2 lad nmod 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 13 man punct 7 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 story det 8 story story NOUN Number=Sing 13 man nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 story case 10 canny canny ADJ Degree=Pos 13 man amod 11 scary scary ADJ Degree=Pos 13 man amod 12 , , PUNCT _ 11 scary punct 13 man man NOUN Number=Sing 5 says ccomp 14 . . PUNCT _ 13 man punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 13 man punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a lad from Newcastle vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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: ("Canny" means quite or very in the North East.)
punct punct nsubj punct advmod cc conj case det compound obl punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Canny PROPN " PUNCT means VERB quite ADV or CCONJ very ADV in ADP the DET North PROPN East PROPN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Canny punct 3 Canny Canny PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Canny punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 quite quite ADV _ 5 means advmod 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 very cc 8 very very ADV _ 6 quite conj 9 in in ADP _ 12 East case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 East det 11 North North PROPN Number=Sing 12 East compound 12 East East PROPN Number=Sing 5 means obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Canny in the North East vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in east=Attribute
Sentence 3: What probably made it scary?
obl advmod obj xcomp punct root What PRON probably ADV made VERB it PRON scary ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Rel 3 made obl 2 probably probably ADV _ 3 made advmod 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 made obj 5 scary scary ADJ Degree=Pos 3 made xcomp 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 made punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past East probably, scary property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice The writer used no full stops
det nsubj det nsubj ccomp root The DET writer NOUN used VERB no DET full ADJ stops VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 writer det 2 writer writer NOUN Number=Sing 3 used nsubj 3 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 no no DET PronType=Neg 5 full det 5 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 6 stops nsubj 6 stops stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 used ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use past the writer vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 stop present no full vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer The writer kept us waiting and guessing
det nsubj obj xcomp cc conj root The DET writer NOUN kept VERB us PRON waiting VERB and CCONJ guessing VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 writer det 2 writer writer NOUN Number=Sing 3 kept nsubj 3 kept keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 kept obj 5 waiting wait VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 kept xcomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 guessing cc 7 guessing guess VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 waiting conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep past the writer us tree rules 2 wait gerund us not said here vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 guess gerund us not said here vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 3 The writer only described the sky and the clouds
det nsubj advmod det obj cc det conj root The DET writer NOUN only ADV described VERB the DET sky NOUN and CCONJ the DET clouds NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 writer det 2 writer writer NOUN Number=Sing 4 described nsubj 3 only only ADV _ 4 described advmod 4 described describe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 sky det 6 sky sky NOUN Number=Sing 4 described obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 9 clouds cc 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 clouds det 9 clouds cloud NOUN Number=Plur 6 sky conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 describe past the writer the sky and the clouds vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sky=Theme
Option 4 The writer told us the whole ending first
det nsubj iobj det amod obj advmod root The DET writer NOUN told VERB us PRON the DET whole ADJ ending NOUN first ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 writer det 2 writer writer NOUN Number=Sing 3 told nsubj 3 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 told iobj 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 ending det 6 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 7 ending amod 7 ending ending NOUN Number=Sing 3 told obj 8 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 3 told advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert past the writer the whole ending us first property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient ending=Topic
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