Test 1 · Teasing and laughing at others Mate: «it's only banter, she knows we're joking about her specs». She cried in the toilets. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate, she, we · What happens: be, know, joke, cry · To what, where: banter, toilets · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 346 «Teasing and laughing at others» 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 Sentence 1: Mate: «it's only banter, she knows we're joking about her specs».
nsubj punct punct nsubj cop advmod punct nsubj parataxis nsubj aux ccomp case nmod:poss obl punct punct root Mate NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT it PRON 's AUX only ADV banter NOUN , PUNCT she PRON knows VERB we PRON 're AUX joking VERB about ADP her PRON specs NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 7 banter nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Mate punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 7 banter punct 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 banter nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 banter cop 6 only only ADV _ 7 banter advmod 7 banter banter NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 knows punct 9 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 knows nsubj 10 knows know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 banter parataxis 11 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 13 joking nsubj 12 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 joking aux 13 joking joke VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 10 knows ccomp 14 about about ADP _ 16 specs case 15 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 16 specs nmod:poss 16 specs spec NOUN Number=Plur 13 joking obl 17 » » PUNCT _ 10 knows punct 18 . . PUNCT _ 7 banter punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present Mate banter tree rules 2 know in a quote present she vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 3 joke speech: other in a quote present · progressive we about her specs vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about spec=Topic
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: She cried in the toilets.
nsubj case det obl punct root She PRON cried VERB in ADP the DET toilets NOUN . 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 2 cried nsubj 2 cried cry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 in in ADP _ 5 toilets case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 toilets det 5 toilets toilet NOUN Number=Plur 2 cried obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 cried punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cry speech: express past She the toilets vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in toilet=Location
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's 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 She should toughen up
nsubj aux compound:prt root She PRON should AUX toughen VERB up ADP 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 toughen nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 toughen aux 3 toughen toughen VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 up up ADP _ 3 toughen compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 toughen up should She vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Option 2 It's banter so it's fine
nsubj cop advmod expl cop acl:relcl root It PRON 's AUX banter NOUN so ADV it PRON 's AUX fine ADJ 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 3 banter nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 banter cop 3 banter banter NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 so so ADV _ 7 fine advmod 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 fine expl 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 fine cop 7 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 3 banter acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It banter tree rules 2 is present banter not said here fine property tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer It hurt her, so it wasn't a joke
nsubj obj punct advmod nsubj cop advmod det obl root It PRON hurt VERB her PRON , PUNCT so ADV it PRON was AUX n't PART a DET joke NOUN 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 hurt nsubj 2 hurt hurt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 hurt obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 10 joke punct 5 so so ADV _ 10 joke advmod 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 joke nsubj 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 joke cop 8 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 10 joke advmod 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 joke det 10 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 2 hurt obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hurt past It her = she vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Patient 2 not is a past it a joke tree rules
Option 4 Specs jokes don't count
compound nsubj aux advmod root Specs NOUN jokes NOUN do AUX n't PART count VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Specs spec NOUN Number=Plur 2 jokes compound 2 jokes joke NOUN Number=Plur 5 count nsubj 3 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 count aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 count advmod 5 count count VERB VerbForm=Inf root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not count present · do-support Specs jokes vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
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