Test 5 · Rude words at the table
bus driver takes forever, ur mate shouts «get a move on, grandad!». You laugh. Best move next day?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bus driver, mate, You · What happens: take, shout, get, laugh · To what, where: move · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 354 «Rude words at the table» 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: bus driver takes forever, ur mate shouts «get a move on, grandad!».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 driver | compound |
| 2 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 takes | nsubj |
| 3 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 3 takes | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 shouts | punct |
| 6 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mate | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shouts | nsubj |
| 8 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 takes | conj |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 shouts | ccomp |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 move | det |
| 12 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 get | obj |
| 13 | on | on | ADV | _ | 10 get | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 grandad | punct |
| 15 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 get | obl |
| 16 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 takes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | bus driver | forever property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | present | ur's mate | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | get in a quote | infinitive | a move | grandad obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer move=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: You laugh.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 laugh | nsubj |
| 2 | laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 laugh | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present | You | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: Best move next day?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 move | amod |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 day | amod |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 move | nmod:unmarked |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 move | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Pretend it wasn't you at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretend | pretend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 you | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 you | cop |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 you | advmod |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Pretend | ccomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Pretend | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | imperative | you not said here | all | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is a | past | it | you | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Tell the driver he is slow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 driver | det |
| 3 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 slow | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 slow | cop |
| 6 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the driver | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | driver | slow property | tree rules |
Option 3
Shout it again, even louder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Shout | obj |
| 3 | again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Shout | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 louder | punct |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 louder | advmod |
| 6 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Shout | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | it | again | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Say sorry to the driver
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | xcomp |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 driver | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 driver | det |
| 5 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sorry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | imperative | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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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