Test 5 · Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic"
Uncle in Newcastle: "Divvent fret, bonny lad, it's canny easy." What is he saying?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Uncle, Newcastle · What happens: be, say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 53 «Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic"» 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: Uncle in Newcastle: "Divvent fret, bonny lad, it's canny easy."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 easy | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Newcastle | case |
| 3 | Newcastle | Newcastle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Uncle | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 fret | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 fret | punct |
| 6 | Divvent | Divvent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 fret | compound |
| 7 | fret | fret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Uncle | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 lad | punct |
| 9 | bonny | bonny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lad | compound |
| 10 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fret | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Uncle | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 easy | expl |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 easy | cop |
| 14 | canny | canny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 easy | amod |
| 15 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 easy | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 easy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Uncle in Newcastle and Divvent fret and bonny lad | easy 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: What is he saying?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 saying | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 saying | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saying | nsubj |
| 4 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 saying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | Newcastle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Don't try, there's no point at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 try | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 try | advmod |
| 3 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 's | punct |
| 5 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 6 's | expl |
| 6 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 try | parataxis |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 point | det |
| 8 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 's | nsubj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 point | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not try | imperative · do-support | you not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | be | present | no point at all | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Don't worry, it's quite easy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 worry | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 worry | advmod |
| 3 | worry | worry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 worry | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 easy | expl |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 easy | cop |
| 7 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 8 easy | advmod |
| 8 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 worry | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not worry | imperative · do-support | you not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | present | easy property | tree rules |
Option 3
Don't eat it, it's very hard to chew
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 eat | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 eat | advmod |
| 3 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 eat | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hard | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hard | expl |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 hard | cop |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 hard | advmod |
| 9 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 eat | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 chew | mark |
| 11 | chew | chew | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 hard | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not eat | imperative · do-support | you not said here | it | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | hard property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | chew | to-infinitive | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Don't go there, it is too scary
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 go | advmod |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 go | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 scary | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 scary | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 scary | cop |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 9 scary | advmod |
| 9 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 go | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | imperative · do-support | you not said here | there | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | scary property | tree rules |
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