Test 2 · Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»
mate: «say the word, go on, everyone says it in game». At gran's table?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, everyone · What happens: say, go on · To what, where: word, game · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 406 «Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»» 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: mate: «say the word, go on, everyone says it in game».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 say | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 word | det |
| 6 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 say | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 go | punct |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | conj |
| 9 | on | on | ADV | _ | 8 go | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| 11 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 says | nsubj |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | parataxis |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 says | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 game | case |
| 15 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | obl |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 game | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | mate | the word | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go on in a quote | infinitive | mate not said here | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | everyone | word | game | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme in game=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: At gran's table?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 4 table | case |
| 2 | gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 table | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 gran | case |
| 4 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 table | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Don't, it's not a word for home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 1 Do | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 word | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 word | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 word | cop |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 word | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 word | det |
| 8 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Do | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 home | case |
| 10 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | imperative | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a | present | it | a word | for home | tree rules |
Option 2
Say it, gran won't know what it means anyway
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=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Say | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 know | punct |
| 4 | gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 know | nsubj |
| 5 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 know | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 know | advmod |
| 7 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Say | parataxis |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 means | obj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 means | nsubj |
| 10 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 know | ccomp |
| 11 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 7 know | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not know | future | gran | anyway property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | mean | present | gran | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
Option 3
Say it twice so it sounds normal
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=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Say | obj |
| 3 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Say | advmod |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 sounds | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sounds | nsubj |
| 6 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | parataxis |
| 7 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sounds | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | it | twice property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 2 | sound | present | it | normal property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Whisper it to the dog under the table
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whisper | whisper | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Whisper | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 dog | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Whisper | obl |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 table | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 table | det |
| 8 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Whisper | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisper speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | it | the dog | the table | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to dog=Recipient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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