Test 12 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: relations and family
Gossip: "Them two? On a break again. Back together by Friday, you'll see." What is the gossip saying?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, gossip · What happens: see, say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 13 «Soft words for hard things: 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: "Them two?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gossip | gossip | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 two | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 two | punct |
| 4 | Them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 two | nsubj |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Gossip | appos |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gossip | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: On a break again.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 break | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 break | det |
| 3 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 break | advmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 break | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Back together by Friday, you'll see."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back | back | ADV | _ | 2 together | advmod |
| 2 | together | together | ADV | _ | 8 see | advmod |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 Friday | case |
| 4 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 see | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Friday | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 see | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 see | aux |
| 8 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 see | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | future | you | friday | together property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Sentence 4: What is the gossip saying?
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 · ← Mova's choice
They are resting at work
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 | 3 resting | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 resting | aux |
| 3 | resting | rest | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 work | case |
| 5 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 resting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rest | present · progressive | They | work | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at work=Location |
Option 2
They broke a plate
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 broke | nsubj |
| 2 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 plate | det |
| 4 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 broke | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | They | a plate | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plate=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They have split up for now but may get back together
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 | 3 split | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 split | aux |
| 3 | split | split | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 split | compound:prt |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 now | case |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 split | obl |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 get | cc |
| 8 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 get | aux |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 split | conj |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 get | advmod |
| 11 | together | together | ADV | _ | 9 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split up | present · perfect | They | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | get back | may | They not said here | together property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
They are on holiday together at the seaside this week
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 | 4 holiday | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 holiday | cop |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 holiday | case |
| 4 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | together | together | ADV | _ | 4 holiday | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 seaside | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 seaside | det |
| 8 | seaside | seaside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 holiday | nmod |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 week | det |
| 10 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 seaside | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | holiday | at the seaside this week; together property | tree rules |
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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