Test 9 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relati… Grumpy uncle: "Him and his missus? Didn't work out, did it. She's gone." What happened?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: She · What happens: not work out, do, be, happen · To what, where: missus
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Grumpy uncle: "Him and his missus?
amod punct punct nmod cc nmod:poss conj punct root Grumpy ADJ uncle NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Him PRON and CCONJ his PRON missus NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grumpy grumpy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 uncle amod 2 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 5 Him punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 Him punct 5 Him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 uncle nmod 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 missus cc 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 missus nmod:poss 8 missus missus NOUN Number=Sing 5 Him conj 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 uncle punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Didn't work out, did it.
aux advmod compound:prt punct advcl obj punct root Did AUX n't PART work VERB out ADP , PUNCT did VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 work aux 2 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 3 work advmod 3 work work VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 out out ADP _ 3 work compound:prt 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 did punct 6 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 work advcl 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 did obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 work punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not work out past · do-support vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent 2 do past missus vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
Sentence 3: She's gone."
nsubj cop punct punct root She PRON 's AUX gone ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 gone nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 gone cop 3 gone gone ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 gone punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 gone punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present She gone property tree rules
Sentence 4: What happened?
nsubj punct root What PRON happened VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 happened nsubj 2 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 happened punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen past vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 The car broke down
det nsubj compound:prt root The DET car NOUN broke VERB down ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 car det 2 car car NOUN Number=Sing 3 broke nsubj 3 broke break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 down down ADP _ 3 broke compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 break down past the car vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Option 2 The house was sold
det nsubj:pass aux:pass root The DET house NOUN was AUX sold VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 house det 2 house house NOUN Number=Sing 4 sold nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 sold aux:pass 4 sold sell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sell past · passive the house vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Option 3 The holiday was cancelled
det nsubj:pass aux:pass root The DET holiday NOUN was AUX cancelled VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 holiday det 2 holiday holiday NOUN Number=Sing 4 cancelled nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 cancelled aux:pass 4 cancelled cancel VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cancel past · passive the holiday tree rules
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer The marriage ended
det nsubj root The DET marriage NOUN ended VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 marriage det 2 marriage marriage NOUN Number=Sing 3 ended nsubj 3 ended end VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 end past the marriage vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
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