Test 7 · Rude words at the table

said «whatever» to a teacher last year and nothing happened, «it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nothing, teacher · What happens: say, happen, work, be · To what, where: whatever, teacher · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: said «whatever» to a teacher last year and nothing happened, «it worked last time, so it's fine».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 whatever	punct
3	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 said	obj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 whatever	punct
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 teacher	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 said	obl
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 year	amod
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 said	obl:unmarked
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 happened	cc
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 happened	nsubj
12	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 said	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 worked	punct
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 worked	punct
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 worked	nsubj
16	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 happened	conj
17	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 time	amod
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 worked	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 fine	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	23 fine	advmod
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 fine	expl
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 fine	cop
23	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 worked	advcl
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	23 fine	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past		whatever	a teacher	year		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent whatever=Topic to teacher=Recipient
2	happen	past	nothing					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	work in a quote	past	teacher			time		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	present	teacher not said here				fine 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.

Sentence 2: Is it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Is	nsubj
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Is	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	teacher						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's still rude, and next time may not go so well

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 rude	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rude	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rude	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 rude	advmod
6	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 go	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 go	cc
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 go	obl:unmarked
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 go	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 go	advmod
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 rude	conj
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 well	advmod
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it				still	rude property	tree rules
2	not go	may					time	well property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, teachers don't really hear it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 hear	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hear	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hear	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 hear	advmod
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 hear	advmod
7	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hear	present · do-support	teachers	it					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, if it worked once it's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 worked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 worked	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 worked	nsubj
5	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	once	once	SCONJ	_	9 fine	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fine	expl
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 worked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past	it						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present						fine property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Only to supply teachers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 supply	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 supply	mark
3	supply	supply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 supply	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	to-infinitive			teachers				vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

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