Test 7 · ★★ · Writing to inform, instruct and persuade A Gen Alpha kid writes a report: "Penguins are lowkey goated." ("Goated" means the greatest.) In a report, which sentence works better?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gen kid, Goated, sentence · What happens: write, goat, mean, work · To what, where: report, Penguins, greatest · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 44 «Writing to inform, instruct and persuade» 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 kid writes a report: "Penguins are lowkey goated."
det compound flat nsubj det obj punct punct nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod parataxis punct punct root A DET Gen PROPN Alpha PROPN kid NOUN writes VERB a DET report NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Penguins NOUN are AUX lowkey ADV goated 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 kid det 2 Gen Gen PROPN Number=Sing 4 kid compound 3 Alpha Alpha PROPN Number=Sing 2 Gen flat 4 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 5 writes nsubj 5 writes write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 report det 7 report report NOUN Number=Sing 5 writes obj 8 : : PUNCT _ 13 goated punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 13 goated punct 10 Penguins penguin NOUN Number=Plur 13 goated nsubj:pass 11 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 goated aux:pass 12 lowkey lowkey ADV _ 13 goated advmod 13 goated goat VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 writes parataxis 14 . . PUNCT _ 13 goated punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 13 goated punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write present a Gen kid a report vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent report=Recipient clause=Topic 2 goat in a quote present · passive Penguins lowkey 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: ("Goated" means the greatest.)
punct punct nsubj punct det obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Goated PROPN " PUNCT means VERB the DET greatest ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Goated punct 3 Goated Goated PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Goated punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 greatest det 7 greatest great ADJ Degree=Sup 5 means obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Goated the greatest vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent great=Topic
Sentence 3: In a report, which sentence works better?
case det obl punct det nsubj advmod punct root In ADP a DET report NOUN , PUNCT which DET sentence NOUN works VERB better ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 report case 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 report det 3 report report NOUN Number=Sing 7 works obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 report punct 5 which which DET PronType=Int 6 sentence det 6 sentence sentence NOUN Number=Sing 7 works nsubj 7 works work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 better well ADV Degree=Cmp 7 works advmod 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 7 works punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 work present which sentence in a report; well property vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in report=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Emperor penguins can dive deeper than 500 metres.
compound nsubj aux advmod fixed nummod obl punct root Emperor NOUN penguins NOUN can AUX dive VERB deeper ADJ than ADP 500 NUM metres NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Emperor emperor NOUN Number=Sing 2 penguins compound 2 penguins penguin NOUN Number=Plur 4 dive nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 dive aux 4 dive dive VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 deeper deep ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 500 advmod 6 than than ADP _ 5 deeper fixed 7 500 500 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 metres nummod 8 metres metre NOUN Number=Plur 4 dive obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 dive punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 dive can Emperor penguins 500 metres vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Option 2 Penguins are goated, no cap, they slay.
nsubj:pass aux:pass punct det obl punct nsubj conj punct root Penguins NOUN are AUX goated VERB , PUNCT no DET cap NOUN , PUNCT they PRON slay VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Penguins penguin NOUN Number=Plur 3 goated nsubj:pass 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 goated aux:pass 3 goated goat VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 cap punct 5 no no DET PronType=Neg 6 cap det 6 cap cap NOUN Number=Sing 3 goated obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 slay punct 8 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 slay nsubj 9 slay slay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 goated conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 goated punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 goat present · passive Penguins no cap obl tree rules 2 slay present Penguins = penguin vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Penguins are the best, I think so anyway.
nsubj cop det punct nsubj parataxis advmod advmod punct root Penguins NOUN are AUX the DET best ADJ , PUNCT I PRON think VERB so ADV anyway ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Penguins penguin NOUN Number=Plur 4 best nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 best cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 best det 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 think punct 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 think nsubj 7 think think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 best parataxis 8 so so ADV _ 9 anyway advmod 9 anyway anyway ADV _ 7 think advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 best punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Penguins good property tree rules 2 think speech: other present I anyway property vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Penguins are lowkey goated in a big way.
nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod case det amod obl punct root Penguins NOUN are AUX lowkey ADV goated VERB in ADP a DET big ADJ way NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Penguins penguin NOUN Number=Plur 4 goated nsubj:pass 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 goated aux:pass 3 lowkey lowkey ADV _ 4 goated advmod 4 goated goat VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 in in ADP _ 8 way case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 way det 7 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 8 way amod 8 way way NOUN Number=Sing 4 goated obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 goated punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 goat present · passive Penguins a big way lowkey property tree rules
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