Test 1 · Jake and the head teacher
«Jake's at the head's office AGAIN lol, he's got his own chair». Is that a good kind of famous?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake · What happens: be, get · To what, where: office, own chair, good kind
This is test 1 of lesson 373 «Jake and the head teacher» 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: «Jake's at the head's office AGAIN lol, he's got his own chair».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 office | punct |
| 2 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 office | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 office | cop |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 office | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 head | det |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 office | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 head | case |
| 8 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 got | obl |
| 9 | AGAIN | again | ADV | _ | 8 office | advmod |
| 10 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 8 office | discourse |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 office | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 got | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 got | aux |
| 14 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 chair | nmod:poss |
| 16 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 chair | amod |
| 17 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 got | obj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 got | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Jake | the head's office | again | tree rules | |||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · passive | Jake | Jake's own chair | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chair=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: Is that a good kind of famous?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 kind | cop |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 kind | mark |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kind | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 kind | amod |
| 5 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 famous | case |
| 7 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 kind | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 kind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good kind | of famous | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, the head likes him best
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 likes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 head | det |
| 4 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 likes | nsubj |
| 5 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 likes | obj |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 likes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | the head | him = he | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, it means he's important, and the head likes having him there
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 important | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 important | cop |
| 7 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 likes | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 likes | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 head | det |
| 11 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 likes | nsubj |
| 12 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | conj |
| 13 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 likes | xcomp |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 having | obj |
| 15 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 having | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | he | important property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | like | present | the head | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | have not said to happen | gerund | the head not said here | head | there | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 3
It means he is a monitor
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 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 monitor | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 monitor | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 monitor | det |
| 6 | monitor | monitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | he | a monitor | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, being a regular there is not something to be proud of
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 regular | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 regular | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 regular | det |
| 5 | regular | regular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 is | expl |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 regular | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 something | advmod |
| 9 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 regular | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 proud | mark |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 proud | cop |
| 12 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 something | acl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 proud | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | regular property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | proud property | tree rules |
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