Test 10 · ★★ · GTA 6: what rated 18 means
Theo: «I said I was GETTING it, I didn't say I was getting it». What was Theo doing at lunch?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Theo · What happens: say, get, not say, do · To what, where: it, lunch · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 422 «GTA 6: what rated 18 means» 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: Theo: «I said I was GETTING it, I didn't say I was getting it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Theo | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 GETTING | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 GETTING | aux |
| 8 | GETTING | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 said | ccomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 GETTING | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 say | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 say | nsubj |
| 12 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 say | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 say | advmod |
| 14 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | conj |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 getting | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 getting | aux |
| 17 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 say | ccomp |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 getting | obj |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 getting | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Theo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | past · progressive | Theo | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | not say speech: assert in a quote | past · do-support | Theo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | get in a quote | past · progressive | Theo | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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 was Theo doing at lunch?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 doing | obj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 doing | aux |
| 3 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 doing | nsubj |
| 4 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 lunch | case |
| 6 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 doing | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 doing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · progressive | Theo | lunch | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Showing off with a half-truth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Showing | compound:prt |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 truth | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 truth | det |
| 5 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 7 truth | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 half | punct |
| 7 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Showing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show off | gerund | with a half truth | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Telling the whole truth clearly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 3 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 truth | amod |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | obj |
| 5 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 1 Telling | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | the whole truth | clearly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient |
Option 3
Talking about a different game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 game | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 game | det |
| 4 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 game | amod |
| 5 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Talking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | gerund | about a different game | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about game=Topic |
Option 4
Explaining what the rating means
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Explaining | explain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 means | obj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rating | det |
| 4 | rating | rating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Explaining | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | gerund | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | the rating | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
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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