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Test 3 · ★ · Debating and discussion

Gran in Belfast: "Wise up, ye eejit, argue wi' the idea, not the wee fella." ("Eejit" means idiot; "wise up" means be sensible.) What is her advice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran, Eejit, wise, advice · What happens: wise up, argue, mean, be · To what, where: wi, idiot

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 49 «Debating and discussion» 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: Gran in Belfast: "Wise up, ye eejit, argue wi' the idea, not the wee fella."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Wise	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Belfast	case
3	Belfast	Belfast	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Gran	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Wise	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Wise	punct
6	Wise	wise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 Wise	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 eejit	punct
9	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	10 eejit	det
10	eejit	eejit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Wise	vocative
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 argue	punct
12	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Wise	parataxis
13	wi	wi	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 argue	obj
14	'	'	PUNCT	_	16 idea	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 idea	det
16	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wi	appos
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 fella	punct
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 fella	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 fella	det
20	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 fella	amod
21	fella	fella	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 idea	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Wise	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Wise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wise up in a quote	infinitive	Gran in Belfast					ye eejit vocative	tree rules
2	argue speech: disagree in a quote	present		wi					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent wi=Topic

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: ("Eejit" means idiot; "wise up" means be sensible.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Eejit	punct
3	Eejit	Eejit	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Eejit	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	idiot	idiot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 means	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 wise	punct
9	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 means	nsubj
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 wise	compound:prt
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 wise	punct
12	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	conj
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 sensible	cop
14	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 means	xcomp
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	Eejit	idiot					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idiot=Topic
2	mean	present	wise						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is not said to happen	infinitive	wise not said here					sensible property	tree rules

Sentence 3: What is her advice?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 advice	nmod:poss
4	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	eejit's advice						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Argue against the idea, not the person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	against	against	ADP	_	4 idea	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 idea	det
4	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Argue	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 person	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 person	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 idea	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	imperative	you not said here					against the idea and the person	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Shout at the small boy until he stops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 boy	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boy	amod
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 stops	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stops	nsubj
8	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here					at the small boy	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stop	present	boy						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Stop debating and go home altogether

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	debating	debate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 go	cc
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	4 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	debate	gerund	you not said here						vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	go	infinitive	you not said here					altogether, home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Argue against the person, not the idea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	against	against	ADP	_	4 person	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Argue	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 idea	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 idea	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 idea	det
8	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 person	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	imperative	you not said here					against the person	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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