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Test 5 · Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell

Nan from Newcastle: "Howay, pet, speak up, I cannit hear ye." ("Howay" means come on; "cannit" means can't.) What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Howay, I, cannit, you · What happens: speak up, cannit, hear, mean, come on, do · To what, where: ye · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 of lesson 48 «Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell» 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: Nan from Newcastle: "Howay, pet, speak up, I cannit hear ye."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Howay	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Newcastle	case
3	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Nan	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Howay	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Howay	punct
6	Howay	Howay	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pet	punct
8	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Howay	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 speak	punct
10	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 Howay	acl:relcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 speak	compound:prt
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cannit	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 cannit	nsubj
14	cannit	cannit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Howay	conj
15	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 cannit	conj
16	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	15 hear	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 cannit	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 cannit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak up speech: other in a quote	infinitive	Howay not said here						vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cannit in a quote	present	I						tree rules
3	hear in a quote	present	I not said here	ye					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer ye=Stimulus

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: ("Howay" means come on; "cannit" means can't.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 Howay	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Howay	punct
3	Howay	Howay	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Howay	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	ccomp
7	on	on	ADV	_	6 come	advmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 means	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 cannit	punct
10	cannit	cannit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 means	nsubj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 cannit	punct
12	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	parataxis
13	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 means	ccomp
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 ca	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
16	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Howay						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come on	infinitive							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	mean	present	cannit						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What should you do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	you						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Stop the talk and sit down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 talk	det
3	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stop	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sit	cc
5	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	parataxis
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 sit	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here	the talk					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality talk=Eventuality
2	sit down	present							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Whisper so you don't seem rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whisper	whisper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seem	nsubj
2	so	so	ADV	_	6 seem	advmod
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 seem	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 seem	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 seem	advmod
6	seem	seem	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 seem	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not seem	present · do-support	Whisper					rude property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Speak faster to get to the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Speak	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 get	mark
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Speak	advcl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here					fast property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	to-infinitive	you not said here				to the end		vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to end=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Speak louder and clearer, to the back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Speak	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 clearer	cc
4	clearer	clear	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 louder	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 back	punct
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 back	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 back	det
8	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here					to the back; loud property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to back=Co-Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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