Test 3 · «I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home
Dad: «Yeah nah, mate» after looking at Mia's hands. What does he mean?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia · What happens: look, mean
This is test 3 of lesson 427 ««I did brush my teeth»: little lies at home» 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: Dad: «Yeah nah, mate» after looking at Mia's hands.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 looking | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 nah | punct |
| 4 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 nah | discourse |
| 5 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 10 looking | discourse |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 mate | punct |
| 7 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nah | appos |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 mate | punct |
| 9 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 10 looking | mark |
| 10 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Dad | conj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 hands | case |
| 12 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 hands | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Mia | case |
| 14 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 looking | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | gerund | at Mia's hands | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at hand=Theme |
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 does he mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Mia | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Maybe, I'm not sure
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 6 sure | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sure | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 sure | nsubj |
| 4 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sure | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 sure | advmod |
| 6 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | I | maybe, sure property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, they're clean enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 clean | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 clean | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 clean | cop |
| 5 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 5 clean | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | they | clean, enough property | tree rules |
Option 3
Hurry up and eat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hurry | hurry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Hurry | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 eat | cc |
| 4 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hurry | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurry up | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | eat | present | you not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, they're not washed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 washed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 washed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 washed | aux:pass |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 washed | advmod |
| 6 | washed | wash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not wash | present · passive | they | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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