Test 9 · ★★ · Street gangs and loyalty Kieran's mum hears kids calling him «Razor». She asks why. What should he say?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, kids, Kieran · What happens: hear, call, ask, say · To what, where: kids, Kieran · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 383 «Street gangs and loyalty» 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: Kieran's mum hears kids calling him «Razor».
nmod:poss case nsubj obj acl obj punct obj punct punct root Kieran PROPN 's PART mum NOUN hears VERB kids NOUN calling VERB him PRON « PUNCT Razor PROPN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kieran Kieran PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Kieran case 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 4 hears nsubj 4 hears hear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 4 hears obj 6 calling call VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 kids acl 7 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 calling obj 8 « « PUNCT _ 9 Razor punct 9 Razor Razor PROPN Number=Sing 6 calling obj 10 » » PUNCT _ 9 Razor punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 hears punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hear present Kieran's mum kids vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus 2 call gerund kids not said here Kieran vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme razor=Result
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: She asks why.
nsubj advmod punct root She PRON asks VERB why ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 asks nsubj 2 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 why why ADV PronType=Int 2 asks advmod 4 . . PUNCT _ 2 asks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present mum vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What should he say?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX he PRON say VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 say obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 say aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 say nsubj 4 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert should Kieran vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 Say he doesn't know
nsubj aux advmod ccomp root Say VERB he PRON does AUX n't PART know VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 know nsubj 3 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 know aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 know advmod 5 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Say ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not know present · do-support he vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Tell the truth about the window so it can be put right
det obj case det nmod mark nsubj:pass aux aux:pass advcl advmod root Tell VERB the DET truth NOUN about ADP the DET window NOUN so SCONJ it PRON can AUX be AUX put VERB right ADV 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 truth det 3 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 4 about about ADP _ 6 window case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 window det 6 window window NOUN Number=Sing 3 truth nmod 7 so so SCONJ _ 11 put mark 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 put nsubj:pass 9 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 put aux 10 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 put aux:pass 11 put put VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Tell advcl 12 right right ADV _ 11 put advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here the truth about the window vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient about window=Topic 2 put can · passive truth right property vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal
Option 3 Say it's just a made-up game name, nothing more
nsubj cop advmod det amod punct compound:prt compound ccomp punct conj advmod root Say VERB it PRON 's AUX just ADV a DET made VERB - PUNCT up ADP game NOUN name NOUN , PUNCT nothing PRON more ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 name nsubj 3 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 name cop 4 just just ADV _ 10 name advmod 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 name det 6 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 10 name amod 7 - - PUNCT _ 8 up punct 8 up up ADP _ 6 made compound:prt 9 game game NOUN Number=Sing 10 name compound 10 name name NOUN Number=Sing 1 Say ccomp 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 nothing punct 12 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 10 name conj 13 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 1 Say advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 make up participle vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme 3 is a present it a made game name tree rules
Option 4 Say it's because he shaves
nsubj cop mark nsubj ccomp root Say VERB it PRON 's AUX because SCONJ he PRON shaves VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 shaves nsubj 3 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 shaves cop 4 because because SCONJ _ 6 shaves mark 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 shaves nsubj 6 shaves shave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Say ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 is present it shave property tree rules
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