Test 8 · Spoken language: presenting and show-and-tell
Your mate snaps, "Shut up, I'm not nervous, I'm just shaking for fun." What is going on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, I · What happens: snap, shut up, not be, shake, go on · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: Your mate snaps, "Shut up, I'm not nervous, I'm just shaking for fun."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 snaps | nsubj |
| 3 | snaps | snap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Shut | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Shut | punct |
| 6 | Shut | shut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 snaps | ccomp |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 Shut | compound:prt |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 nervous | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 nervous | nsubj |
| 10 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 nervous | cop |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 nervous | advmod |
| 12 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 snaps | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 shaking | punct |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 shaking | nsubj |
| 15 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 shaking | aux |
| 16 | just | just | ADV | _ | 17 shaking | advmod |
| 17 | shaking | shake | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 snaps | advcl |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 fun | case |
| 19 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 shaking | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 shaking | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 shaking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snap | present | Your mate | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | shut up in a quote | participle | Your mate not said here | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not is in a quote | present | I | nervous property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | shake in a quote | present · progressive | I | for fun | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: 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: What is going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 going | compound:prt |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He is nervous but hiding it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 nervous | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 nervous | cop |
| 3 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 hiding | cc |
| 5 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 nervous | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hiding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | nervous property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | gerund | He not said here | it | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 2
He is truly calm and fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 calm | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 calm | cop |
| 3 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 4 calm | advmod |
| 4 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fine | cc |
| 6 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 calm | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | calm, truly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | He not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
He is cold and needs a jumper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cold | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cold | cop |
| 3 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 needs | cc |
| 5 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cold | conj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 jumper | det |
| 7 | jumper | jumper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | cold property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present | He not said here | a jumper | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot jumper=Theme |
Option 4
He is angry with the teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 angry | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 angry | cop |
| 3 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 teacher | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 teacher | det |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 angry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | with the teacher; angry property | tree rules |
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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