Test 5 · Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»
«this squad bloke screams every time we die, it's doing my head in». Best plan?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: squad bloke, we, bloke · What happens: scream, die, do in · To what, where: time, head
This is test 5 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: «this squad bloke screams every time we die, it's doing my head in».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 screams | punct |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 bloke | det |
| 3 | squad | squad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bloke | compound |
| 4 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 screams | nsubj |
| 5 | screams | scream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 time | det |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 screams | obj |
| 8 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 die | nsubj |
| 9 | die | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 time | acl:relcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 doing | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 doing | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 doing | aux |
| 13 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 screams | advcl |
| 14 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 head | nmod:poss |
| 15 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 doing | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 doing | compound:prt |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 screams | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 screams | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scream speech: express in a quote | present | this squad bloke | time | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | die in a quote | present | we | every time not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | do in in a quote | present · progressive | bloke | my head | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality |
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: Best plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 plan | amod |
| 2 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 plan | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Leave the lobby, play with your real mates
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lobby | det |
| 3 | lobby | lobby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 play | punct |
| 5 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | conj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 mates | case |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mates | nmod:poss |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mates | amod |
| 9 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 play | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the lobby | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lobby=Theme | ||||
| 2 | play | infinitive | you not said here | with your real mates | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with mate=Theme |
Option 2
Scream louder so he stops screaming first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scream | scream | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Scream | xcomp |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 stops | advmod |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stops | nsubj |
| 5 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Scream | advcl |
| 6 | screaming | scream | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 stops | xcomp |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 screaming | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scream speech: express | imperative | you not said here | loud property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | stop | present | he | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | scream speech: express | gerund | he not said here | first property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Mute your own mic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mute | mute | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mic | nmod:poss |
| 3 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 mic | amod |
| 4 | mic | mic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mute | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mute | imperative | you not said here | your own mic | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mic=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Stay, it's rude to leave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 rude | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rude | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rude | cop |
| 5 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 leave | mark |
| 7 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 rude | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | rude property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | leave | to-infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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