Test 11 · ★ · What fights cost at home
«jake says his dad's not cross, just quiet». What does the quiet probably mean?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jake, dad, quiet · What happens: say, not be, mean · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 376 «What fights cost at home» 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 says his dad's not cross, just quiet».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 2 | jake | jake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 dad | nmod:poss |
| 5 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cross | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 cross | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 cross | advmod |
| 8 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 quiet | punct |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 quiet | advmod |
| 11 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 cross | appos |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 quiet | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | jake | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | present | jake's dad | cross 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: What does the quiet probably mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mean | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 quiet | det |
| 4 | quiet | quiet | NOUN | _ | 6 mean | nsubj |
| 5 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 6 mean | advmod |
| 6 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | the quiet | probably property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Dad didn't hear anything about the fight yet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hear | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hear | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 hear | advmod |
| 4 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 hear | obj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 fight | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fight | det |
| 8 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 anything | nmod |
| 9 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 4 hear | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hear | past · do-support | Dad | anything | yet | about the fight | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Dad is happy about the fight and proud of his son
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 happy | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happy | cop |
| 3 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 fight | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fight | det |
| 6 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 happy | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 proud | cc |
| 8 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 happy | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 son | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 son | nmod:poss |
| 11 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 proud | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Dad | about the fight; happy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Dad not said here | of his son | tree rules |
Option 3
Dad is just tired after playing football all day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tired | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tired | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 tired | advmod |
| 4 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 6 playing | mark |
| 6 | playing | play | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 tired | advcl |
| 7 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 playing | obj |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 playing | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Dad | tired property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | play | gerund | Dad not said here | football | day | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Dad is upset and worried but holding it in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 upset | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 upset | cop |
| 3 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 worried | cc |
| 5 | worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 upset | conj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 holding | cc |
| 7 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 upset | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 holding | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 holding | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Dad | upset property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Dad not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | hold in | gerund | Dad not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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