Test 5 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy Report: "The economy saw negative growth for two quarters in a row." (A quarter is three months.) Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: economy, quarter · What happens: see, be · To what, where: Report, row, three months
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 21 «Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy» 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: Report: "The economy saw negative growth for two quarters in a row."
obl punct punct det nsubj amod obj case nummod obl case det obl punct punct root Report NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT The DET economy NOUN saw VERB negative ADJ growth NOUN for ADP two NUM quarters NOUN in ADP a DET row NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Report report NOUN Number=Sing 6 saw obl 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Report punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 saw punct 4 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 economy det 5 economy economy NOUN Number=Sing 6 saw nsubj 6 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 negative negative ADJ Degree=Pos 8 growth amod 8 growth growth NOUN Number=Sing 6 saw obj 9 for for ADP _ 11 quarters case 10 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 11 quarters nummod 11 quarters quarter NOUN Number=Plur 6 saw obl 12 in in ADP _ 14 row case 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 row det 14 row row NOUN Number=Sing 6 saw obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 6 saw punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 6 saw punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 see in a quote past the economy Report a row for two quarters vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer growth=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: (A quarter is three months.)
punct det nsubj cop nummod punct punct root ( PUNCT A DET quarter NOUN is AUX three NUM months NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 months punct 2 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 quarter det 3 quarter quarter NOUN Number=Sing 6 months nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 months cop 5 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 months nummod 6 months month NOUN Number=Plur root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 months punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 months punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a quarter three months tree rules
Sentence 3: Which is true?
nsubj cop punct root Which PRON is AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which PRON PronType=Rel 3 true nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer The economy got smaller for half a year
det nsubj xcomp case det:predet det obl root The DET economy NOUN got VERB smaller ADJ for ADP half DET a DET year NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 economy det 2 economy economy NOUN Number=Sing 3 got nsubj 3 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 smaller small ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 got xcomp 5 for for ADP _ 8 year case 6 half half DET NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind 8 year det:predet 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 year det 8 year year NOUN Number=Sing 3 got obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past the economy year small property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Option 2 The economy grew a little each month, but slowly
det nsubj det amod det obl:unmarked punct cc advmod root The DET economy NOUN grew VERB a DET little ADJ each DET month NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ slowly ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 economy det 2 economy economy NOUN Number=Sing 3 grew nsubj 3 grew grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 little det 5 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 7 month amod 6 each each DET PronType=Tot 7 month det 7 month month NOUN Number=Sing 3 grew obl:unmarked 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 slowly punct 9 but but CCONJ _ 10 slowly cc 10 slowly slowly ADV _ 3 grew advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow past the economy month slowly property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 The economy grew very fast
det nsubj advmod advmod root The DET economy NOUN grew VERB very ADV fast ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 economy det 2 economy economy NOUN Number=Sing 3 grew nsubj 3 grew grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 very very ADV _ 5 fast advmod 5 fast fast ADV Degree=Pos 3 grew advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow past the economy fast property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Nothing changed at all
acl case obl root Nothing PRON changed VERB at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg root root 2 changed change VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Nothing acl 3 at at ADP _ 4 all case 4 all all DET PronType=Tot 2 changed obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 change participle all vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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