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Test 12 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers an…

"Oi, you, the head wants to see you. Invited, like." What does the speaker mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, speaker · What happens: want, see, invite, mean · To what, where: you

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 17 «Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers and animals and pets» 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: "Oi, you, the head wants to see you.

punctdiscoursepunctnsubjpunctdetnsubjmarkxcompobjpunctroot"PUNCTOiINTJ,PUNCTyouPRON,PUNCTtheDETheadNOUNwantsVERBtoPARTseeVERByouPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_4 youpunct
2OioiINTJ_4 youdiscourse
3,,PUNCT_2 Oipunct
4youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs8 wantsnsubj
5,,PUNCT_4 youpunct
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 headdet
7headheadNOUNNumber=Sing8 wantsnsubj
8wantswantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
9totoPART_10 seemark
10seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf8 wantsxcomp
11youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs10 seeobj
12..PUNCT_8 wantspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1want in a quotepresentyouvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2see not said to happen, in a quoteto-infinitiveyou not said hereyouvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=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: Invited, like."

punctmarkpunctpunctrootInvitedVERB,PUNCTlikeSCONJ.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1InvitedinviteVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
2,,PUNCT_3 likepunct
3likelikeSCONJ_1 Invitedmark
4..PUNCT_1 Invitedpunct
5""PUNCT_1 Invitedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1inviteparticiplevn promote-102 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What does the speaker mean?

objauxdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesAUXtheDETspeakerNOUNmeanVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 meanobj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 meanaux
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 speakerdet
4speakerspeakerNOUNNumber=Sing5 meannsubj
5meanmeanVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6??PUNCT_5 meanpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresent · do-supportthe speakervn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

You are made head boy

nsubjaux:passcompoundobjrootYouPRONareAUXmadeVERBheadNOUNboyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 madensubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 madeaux:pass
3mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4headheadNOUNNumber=Sing5 boycompound
5boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing3 madeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresent · passiveYouvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary boy=Product

Option 2

You are going to a party

nsubjauxcasedetoblrootYouPRONareAUXgoingVERBtoADPaDETpartyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 goingnsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 goingaux
3goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4totoADP_6 partycase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 partydet
6partypartyNOUNNumber=Sing3 goingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopresent · progressiveYoua partyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

You are in trouble with the head

nsubjcopcasecasedetnmodrootYouPRONareAUXinADPtroubleNOUNwithADPtheDETheadNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 troublensubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 troublecop
3ininADP_4 troublecase
4troubletroubleNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5withwithADP_7 headcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 headdet
7headheadNOUNNumber=Sing4 troublenmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentYoutroublewith the headtree rules

Option 4

You won a prize from the head

nsubjdetobjcasedetoblrootYouPRONwonVERBaDETprizeNOUNfromADPtheDETheadNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs2 wonnsubj
2wonwinVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 prizedet
4prizeprizeNOUNNumber=Sing2 wonobj
5fromfromADP_7 headcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 headdet
7headheadNOUNNumber=Sing2 wonobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1winpastYoua prizethe headvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent prize=Theme from head=Source

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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