Test 4 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relati…
Text: "u still seeing that guy from football?" What is being asked?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u · What happens: see, ask · To what, where: guy, football
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Text: "u still seeing that guy from football?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 seeing | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 seeing | punct |
| 4 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 seeing | nsubj |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 seeing | advmod |
| 6 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Text | acl |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 guy | det |
| 8 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seeing | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 football | case |
| 10 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 guy | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 guy | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 guy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | gerund | u | that guy | football | still | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer guy=Stimulus |
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 being asked?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 asked | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 asked | aux:pass |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 asked | aux:pass |
| 4 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present · passive | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Whether you can still see him on the pitch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 see | advmod |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 see | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 pitch | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 pitch | det |
| 9 | pitch | pitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | can | you | him = he | the pitch | still | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Whether you are still dating him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 5 dating | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 dating | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dating | aux |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 dating | advmod |
| 5 | dating | date | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 dating | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | date | present · progressive | you | him = he | still | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
Option 3
Whether he needs glasses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 3 needs | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 needs | nsubj |
| 3 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | he | glasses | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot glass=Theme |
Option 4
Whether he still plays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 4 plays | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 plays | nsubj |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 plays | advmod |
| 4 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present | he | still | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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