Test 8 · ★★ · Building tension and suspense A Gen Z cousin says "That ending had me screaming, I'm literally deceased." ("Deceased" here means it was so good she's joking that she died.) Which ending did she probably read?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Z cousin, ending, cousin · What happens: say, have, scream, decease, mean, be · To what, where: Z cousin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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 Gen Z cousin says "That ending had me screaming, I'm literally deceased."
det compound compound nsubj punct det nsubj ccomp obj xcomp punct nsubj aux advmod ccomp punct punct root A DET Gen NOUN Z NOUN cousin NOUN says VERB " PUNCT That DET ending NOUN had VERB me PRON screaming VERB , PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX literally ADV deceased VERB . 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 NOUN Number=Sing 3 Z compound 3 Z z NOUN Number=Sing 4 cousin compound 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 _ 9 had punct 7 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 ending det 8 ending ending NOUN Number=Sing 9 had nsubj 9 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 says ccomp 10 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 had obj 11 screaming scream VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 had xcomp 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 deceased punct 13 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 16 deceased nsubj 14 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 deceased aux 15 literally literally ADV _ 16 deceased advmod 16 deceased decease VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 5 says ccomp 17 . . PUNCT _ 16 deceased punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 16 deceased punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Z cousin vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 have in a quote past that ending a Z cousin = cousin tree rules 3 scream speech: express in a quote gerund a Z cousin = cousin not said here vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 decease in a quote present · passive a Z cousin = cousin literally property vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient
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: ("Deceased" here means it was so good she's joking that she died.)
punct punct nsubj punct advmod nsubj cop advmod ccomp nsubj aux conj mark nsubj advcl punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Deceased VERB " PUNCT here ADV means VERB it PRON was AUX so ADV good ADJ she PRON 's AUX joking VERB that SCONJ she PRON died VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Deceased punct 3 Deceased decease VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Deceased punct 5 here here ADV PronType=Dem 3 Deceased advmod 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 good nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 good cop 9 so so ADV _ 10 good advmod 10 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 6 means ccomp 11 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 joking nsubj 12 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 joking aux 13 joking joke VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 10 good conj 14 that that SCONJ _ 16 died mark 15 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 died nsubj 16 died die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 good advcl 17 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 18 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 decease in a quote participle here vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 3 is past ending good property tree rules 4 joke speech: other present · progressive cousin vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent 5 die past cousin vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Sentence 3: Which ending did she probably read?
det nsubj aux nsubj advmod punct root Which DET ending NOUN did AUX she PRON probably ADV read VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which DET PronType=Int 2 ending det 2 ending ending NOUN Number=Sing 6 read nsubj 3 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 read aux 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 read nsubj 5 probably probably ADV _ 6 read advmod 6 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 read punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 read past · do-support which ending probably property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 Then they went home and slept.
advmod nsubj advmod cc conj punct root Then ADV they PRON went VERB home ADV and CCONJ slept VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 3 went advmod 2 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 went nsubj 3 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 home home ADV _ 3 went advmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 slept cc 6 slept sleep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 went conj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 went punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go past they then home property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 sleep past they not said here vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 The end, thank you for reading.
det nsubj punct obj case obl punct root The DET end NOUN , PUNCT thank VERB you PRON for ADP reading NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 end det 2 end end NOUN Number=Sing 4 thank nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 end punct 4 thank thank VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 thank obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 reading case 7 reading reading NOUN Number=Sing 4 thank obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 thank punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 thank speech: thank present the end you for reading vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for reading=Attribute
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer The phone lit up: "I'm in your house."
det nsubj acl compound:prt punct punct nsubj cop case nmod:poss punct punct root The DET phone NOUN lit VERB up ADP : PUNCT " PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX in ADP your PRON house NOUN . PUNCT " 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 11 house nsubj 3 lit lit VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 phone acl 4 up up ADP _ 3 lit compound:prt 5 : : PUNCT _ 11 house punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 11 house punct 7 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 11 house nsubj 8 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 house cop 9 in in ADP _ 11 house case 10 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 house nmod:poss 11 house house NOUN Number=Sing root root 12 . . PUNCT _ 11 house punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 11 house punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lit up participle the phone not said here tree rules 2 is in a quote present the phone your house tree rules
Option 4 And they all lived happily ever after.
cc nsubj advmod advmod advmod advmod punct root And CCONJ they PRON all DET lived VERB happily ADV ever ADV after ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 And and CCONJ _ 4 lived cc 2 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 lived nsubj 3 all all DET PronType=Tot 4 lived advmod 4 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 happily happily ADV _ 4 lived advmod 6 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 7 after advmod 7 after after ADV _ 4 lived advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 lived punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 live past they after, happily property vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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