Test 6 · ★★ · SATs: the reading paper Gran in Bristol: "Don't you go all teasy, my lover, 'tis only a test." ("Teasy" is West Country for cranky; "my lover" is a friendly greeting.) What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, lover · What happens: not go, be, mean · To what, where: teasy, Teasy West Country, friendly greeting
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 51 «SATs: the reading paper» 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 Bristol: "Don't you go all teasy, my lover, 'tis only a test."
nsubj case nmod punct punct aux advmod nsubj det obj punct nmod:poss conj punct punct conj advmod det nmod punct punct root Gran PROPN in ADP Bristol PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Do AUX n't PART you PRON go VERB all DET teasy NOUN , PUNCT my PRON lover NOUN , PUNCT ' PUNCT tis NOUN only ADV a DET test NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 9 go nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 3 Bristol case 3 Bristol Bristol PROPN Number=Sing 1 Gran nmod 4 : : PUNCT _ 9 go punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 9 go punct 6 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 9 go aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 9 go advmod 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 go nsubj 9 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 all all DET PronType=Tot 11 teasy det 11 teasy teasy NOUN Number=Sing 9 go obj 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 lover punct 13 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 lover nmod:poss 14 lover lover NOUN Number=Sing 11 teasy conj 15 , , PUNCT _ 17 tis punct 16 ' ' PUNCT _ 17 tis punct 17 tis tis NOUN Number=Sing 11 teasy conj 18 only only ADV _ 20 test advmod 19 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 20 test det 20 test test NOUN Number=Sing 17 tis nmod 21 . . PUNCT _ 9 go punct 22 " " PUNCT _ 9 go punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not go in a quote infinitive · do-support Gran in Bristol all teasy and my lover and tis a test vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location teasy=Theme
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: ("Teasy" is West Country for cranky; "my lover" is a friendly greeting.)
punct punct compound punct cop compound case nmod punct punct nmod:poss nsubj punct cop det amod appos punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Teasy PROPN " PUNCT is AUX West PROPN Country PROPN for ADP cranky ADJ ; PUNCT " PUNCT my PRON lover NOUN " PUNCT is AUX a DET friendly ADJ greeting NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 7 Country punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Teasy punct 3 Teasy Teasy PROPN Number=Sing 7 Country compound 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Teasy punct 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 Country cop 6 West West PROPN Number=Sing 7 Country compound 7 Country Country PROPN Number=Sing root root 8 for for ADP _ 9 cranky case 9 cranky cranky ADJ Degree=Pos 7 Country nmod 10 ; ; PUNCT _ 18 greeting punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 13 lover punct 12 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 lover nmod:poss 13 lover lover NOUN Number=Sing 18 greeting nsubj 14 " " PUNCT _ 13 lover punct 15 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 greeting cop 16 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 greeting det 17 friendly friendly ADJ Degree=Pos 18 greeting amod 18 greeting greeting NOUN Number=Sing 7 Country appos 19 . . PUNCT _ 18 greeting punct 20 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 Country punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Teasy West Country for cranky tree rules 2 is a present my lover a friendly greeting tree rules
Sentence 3: What does she mean?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX she PRON mean VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 mean obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 mean nsubj 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present · do-support Gran vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice The test is very teasy and very hard
det nsubj cop advmod cc advmod conj root The DET test NOUN is AUX very ADV teasy NOUN and CCONJ very ADV hard ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 test det 2 test test NOUN Number=Sing 5 teasy nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 teasy cop 4 very very ADV _ 5 teasy advmod 5 teasy teasy NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 hard cc 7 very very ADV _ 8 hard advmod 8 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 5 teasy conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the test teasy tree rules 2 be the test not said here tree rules
Option 2 You are in love with the test, my dear
nsubj cop case case det nmod punct nmod:poss parataxis root You PRON are AUX in ADP love NOUN with ADP the DET test NOUN , PUNCT my PRON dear ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 love nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 love cop 3 in in ADP _ 4 love case 4 love love NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 with with ADP _ 7 test case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 test det 7 test test NOUN Number=Sing 4 love nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 dear punct 9 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 dear nmod:poss 10 dear dear ADJ Degree=Pos 4 love parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present You love with the test tree rules
Option 3 Go and tease your brother after the test
cc conj nmod:poss obj case det obl root Go VERB and CCONJ tease VERB your PRON brother NOUN after ADP the DET test NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Go go VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 tease cc 3 tease tease VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Go conj 4 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 brother nmod:poss 5 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 tease obj 6 after after ADP _ 8 test case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 test det 8 test test NOUN Number=Sing 3 tease obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go imperative you not said here vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 tease infinitive you not said here your brother after the test vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Don't get grumpy, love, it's only a test
aux advmod xcomp punct vocative punct nsubj cop advmod det parataxis root Do AUX n't PART get VERB grumpy ADJ , PUNCT love NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX only ADV a DET test NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 get aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 get advmod 3 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 grumpy grumpy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 get xcomp 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 love punct 6 love love NOUN Number=Sing 3 get vocative 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 test punct 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 test nsubj 9 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 test cop 10 only only ADV _ 12 test advmod 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 test det 12 test test NOUN Number=Sing 3 get parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not get imperative · do-support you not said here love vocative ; grumpy property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 2 is a present love a test tree rules
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