Test 1 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relati… Gossip at the shop: "Shotgun wedding, that was. Baby came in the autumn." What is the gossip saying?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gossip, that, Baby · What happens: shotgun, be, come, say · To what, where: wedding · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 12 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relations and family» of the euphemisms 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: Gossip at the shop: "Shotgun wedding, that was.
nsubj case det nmod punct punct obj punct nsubj advcl punct root Gossip NOUN at ADP the DET shop NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Shotgun VERB wedding NOUN , PUNCT that PRON was VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gossip gossip NOUN Number=Sing 7 Shotgun nsubj 2 at at ADP _ 4 shop case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 shop det 4 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 1 Gossip nmod 5 : : PUNCT _ 7 Shotgun punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 7 Shotgun punct 7 Shotgun shotgun VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 wedding wedding NOUN Number=Sing 7 Shotgun obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 was punct 10 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 11 was nsubj 11 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 Shotgun advcl 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 Shotgun punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shotgun in a quote infinitive Gossip at the shop wedding tree rules 2 be in a quote past that vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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: Baby came in the autumn."
nsubj case det obl punct punct root Baby NOUN came VERB in ADP the DET autumn NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 2 came nsubj 2 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 5 autumn case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 autumn det 5 autumn autumn NOUN Number=Sing 2 came obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 came punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 2 came punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come past Baby autumn vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What is the gossip saying?
obj aux det nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET gossip NOUN saying VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 saying obj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 saying aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 gossip det 4 gossip gossip NOUN Number=Sing 5 saying nsubj 5 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 saying punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · progressive the gossip vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 The baby was at the wedding
det nsubj cop case det root The DET baby NOUN was AUX at ADP the DET wedding NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 baby det 2 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 6 wedding nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 wedding cop 4 at at ADP _ 6 wedding case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 wedding det 6 wedding wedding NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past the baby the wedding tree rules
Option 2 Someone fired a gun into the air at the wedding
nsubj det obj case det obl case det obl root Someone PRON fired VERB a DET gun NOUN into ADP the DET air NOUN at ADP the DET wedding NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 fired nsubj 2 fired fire VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 gun det 4 gun gun NOUN Number=Sing 2 fired obj 5 into into ADP _ 7 air case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 air det 7 air air NOUN Number=Sing 2 fired obl 8 at at ADP _ 10 wedding case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 wedding det 10 wedding wedding NOUN Number=Sing 2 fired obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fire past Someone a gun the air at the wedding vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent gun=Theme into air=Destination
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer They married quickly because a baby was coming
nsubj advmod mark det nsubj aux advcl root They PRON married VERB quickly ADV because SCONJ a DET baby NOUN was AUX coming VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 married nsubj 2 married marry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 quickly quickly ADV _ 2 married advmod 4 because because SCONJ _ 8 coming mark 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 baby det 6 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 8 coming nsubj 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 coming aux 8 coming come VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 married advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 marry past They quickly property vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient 2 come past · progressive a baby vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 The wedding was in the autumn
det nsubj cop case det root The DET wedding NOUN was AUX in ADP the DET autumn NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 wedding det 2 wedding wedding NOUN Number=Sing 6 autumn nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 autumn cop 4 in in ADP _ 6 autumn case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 autumn det 6 autumn autumn NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past the wedding in the autumn tree rules
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