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Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the Spelling Bee

Jordan, rough: "Who even says 'queue', just say line, mate." In British English, what is a queue?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: say, be · To what, where: queue, line, British English · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 55 «Olympiad: the Spelling Bee» 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: Jordan, rough: "Who even says 'queue', just say line, mate."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 rough	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 rough	punct
3	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
6	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 says	nsubj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 says	advmod
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rough	parataxis
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	10 queue	punct
10	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	obj
11	',	',	PUNCT	_	10 queue	punct
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 say	advmod
13	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 says	ccomp
14	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 say	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mate	punct
16	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 line	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rough	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 rough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present		queue					tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive		line and mate					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent line=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: In British English, what is a queue?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 English	case
2	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 English	amod
3	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 queue	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 English	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 queue	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 queue	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 queue	det
8	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 queue	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a queue		British English			tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A type of woolly hat for winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 type	det
2	type	type	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 hat	case
4	woolly	woolly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hat	amod
5	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 type	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 winter	case
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	type			woolly hat for winter					nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A short tail on a cat or a dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tail	det
2	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tail	amod
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 cat	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tail	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 dog	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cat	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A crowd all shoving forwards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 crowd	det
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shoving	nsubj
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 shoving	det:predet
4	shoving	shove	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	forwards	forward	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shoving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove	gerund	a crowd	forwards					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forward=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A line of people waiting their turn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 line	det
2	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 people	case
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 line	nmod
5	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 people	acl
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 turn	nmod:poss
7	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 waiting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund	people not said here	people's turn					tree rules

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