Test 6 · ★ · Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry
Uncle: «Bit podgy these days, eh?» You call him a rude name back. Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You · What happens: call, be · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 355 «Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry» 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: Uncle: «Bit podgy these days, eh?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 podgy | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 podgy | punct |
| 4 | Bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 podgy | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | podgy | podgy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Uncle | appos |
| 6 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 7 days | det |
| 7 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 podgy | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 eh | punct |
| 9 | eh | eh | INTJ | _ | 5 podgy | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Uncle | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Uncle | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: You call him a rude name back.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 call | nsubj |
| 2 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 call | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 name | det |
| 5 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 name | amod |
| 6 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 call | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 call | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 call | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | You | him = he | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme name=Result |
Sentence 3: Which is true?
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
Nobody did wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 did | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Nobody | wrong property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Only you did wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 did | advmod |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 did | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | you | wrong property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Only he did wrong, because he started it with «podgy»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 did | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 did | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 started | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 started | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 started | nsubj |
| 8 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 started | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 podgy | case |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 podgy | punct |
| 12 | podgy | podgy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 started | obl |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | he | wrong property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | start | past | he | it | with podgy | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality with podgy=Subeventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Both did wrong; two sorrys can fix it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | aux |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 fix | punct |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 sorrys | nummod |
| 6 | sorrys | sorry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fix | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 fix | aux |
| 8 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wrong | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fix | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | can | two sorrys | it | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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