Test 8 · ★ · Strangers who want to chat privately
«i only said I live by the big stadium, that's nothing». Really?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, that · What happens: say, live, be · To what, where: nothing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 410 «Strangers who want to chat privately» 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: «i only said I live by the big stadium, that's nothing».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 2 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 said | advmod |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 live | nsubj |
| 6 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | ccomp |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 stadium | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 stadium | det |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 stadium | amod |
| 10 | stadium | stadium | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 live | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 nothing | punct |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 nothing | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 nothing | cop |
| 14 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 stadium | appos |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 nothing | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | i | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | live in a quote | present | I | by the big stadium | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by stadium=Location | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | that | nothing | 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: Really?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Really | really | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Really | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
It's nothing, loads and loads of people live there
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 nothing | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 nothing | cop |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 live | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 loads | punct |
| 5 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 nothing | appos |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 loads | cc |
| 7 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 loads | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 people | case |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 loads | nmod |
| 10 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 live | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | nothing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | present | nothing | there | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Small clues can add up to where you live
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 clues | amod |
| 2 | clues | clue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 add | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 add | aux |
| 4 | add | add | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 add | compound:prt |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 where | case |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 add | obl |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 live | nsubj |
| 9 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 where | advcl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add up speech: assert | can | Small clues | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to where=Co-Patient | |||||
| 2 | live | present | you | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Stadiums are on every street
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stadiums | stadium | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 street | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 street | cop |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 street | case |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 street | det |
| 5 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Stadiums | every street | tree rules |
Option 4
Only the street name matters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 name | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 name | det |
| 3 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 name | compound |
| 4 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 matters | nsubj |
| 5 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | the street name | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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