Test 19 · ★ · Rumours and gossip

apparently Miss Parker's seeing the PE teacher, someone saw them at the cinema!! what does "seeing" mean here and what's right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Miss Parker, someone · What happens: see, do, mean, be · To what, where: PE teacher, them, cinema

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 202 «Rumours and gossip» of the everyday 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	11 saw	advmod
2	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Parker	compound
3	Parker	Parker	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 apparently	obl
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Parker	case
5	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 Parker	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
7	PE	PE	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 teacher	compound
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seeing	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 apparently	punct
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 saw	nsubj
11	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 saw	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 cinema	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cinema	det
15	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 saw	obl
16	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	18 does	punct
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 does	nsubj
18	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 mean	advcl
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 seeing	punct
20	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 does	advcl
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 seeing	punct
22	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 saw	parataxis
23	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 mean	advmod
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 right	cc
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	27 right	nsubj
26	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 right	cop
27	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 mean	conj
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see	gerund	Miss Parker not said here	the PE teacher			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer teacher=Stimulus
2	see	past	someone	them = they	the cinema	apparently property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
3	do	present					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	see in a quote	gerund					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	mean	present			here		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
6	is	present				right property	tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She looks at him a lot, so she needs glasses

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	2 looks	nsubj
2	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 looks	obl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lot	det
6	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 looks	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 needs	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 needs	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 needs	nsubj
10	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 looks	conj
11	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	She	a lot				at him = he	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme
2	need	present	she	glasses					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot glass=Theme

Option 2

It means they're in trouble, so tell the head teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 trouble	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 trouble	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 trouble	case
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tell	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 tell	advmod
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 teacher	det
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 teacher	compound
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	they		trouble	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive		the head teacher		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

Option 3

They are planning a school trip to the cinema

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 planning	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 planning	aux
3	planning	plan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 trip	det
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trip	compound
6	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 planning	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 cinema	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cinema	det
9	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trip	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	present · progressive	They	a school trip				to the cinema	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trip=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They might be a couple; it's their private business, so don't spread it

The tree, 15 words

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	5 couple	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 couple	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 couple	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 couple	det
5	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 business	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 business	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 business	cop
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 business	nmod:poss
10	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 business	amod
11	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 couple	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 spread	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 spread	advmod
14	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 spread	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 spread	advmod
16	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 couple	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	might	They	a couple and couple's private business	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	couple's private business	tree rules
3	not spread	infinitive · do-support	They not said here	business	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

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