Test 2 · ★★★ · Showing off
Ollie: «watch this, I'll say a really bad word right in front of Miss». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ollie, I · What happens: watch, say, be · To what, where: this, bad word, front · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 390 «Showing off» 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: Ollie: «watch this, I'll say a really bad word right in front of Miss».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 watch | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 watch | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 watch | punct |
| 4 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 watch | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 say | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 say | nsubj |
| 8 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 say | aux |
| 9 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 watch | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 word | det |
| 11 | really | really | ADV | _ | 12 bad | advmod |
| 12 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 word | amod |
| 13 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 say | obj |
| 14 | right | right | ADV | _ | 16 front | advmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 front | case |
| 16 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 say | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Miss | case |
| 18 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 front | nmod |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 front | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 watch | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch in a quote | infinitive | Ollie | this | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | future | I | a bad word | front of Miss | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent word=Theme in front=Manner |
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's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | 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
Teachers don't mind swearing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 mind | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mind | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 mind | advmod |
| 4 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | swearing | swear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 mind | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mind | present · do-support | Teachers | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | swear | gerund | Teachers not said here | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It won't impress anyone worth impressing
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 | 4 impress | nsubj |
| 2 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 impress | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 impress | advmod |
| 4 | impress | impress | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 impress | obj |
| 6 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 impress | xcomp |
| 7 | impressing | impress | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 worth | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not impress | future | It | anyone | worth property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus anyone=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | impress | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It's fine if he's quick about it
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 | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 quick | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 quick | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 quick | cop |
| 7 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | advcl |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 quick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | he | about it; quick property | tree rules |
Option 4
It'll make everyone in the class respect him more
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 | 3 make | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 class | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 class | det |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obl |
| 8 | respect | respect | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | parataxis |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 respect | obj |
| 10 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 respect | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | future | It | everyone | the class | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material everyone=Product | |||
| 2 | respect | infinitive | him = he | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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