Test 9 · ★ · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other Mum in Melbourne: «Righto, youse are both paying half.» One says «I pushed first», the other «I pushed harder». What did honesty get them?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, One, other · What happens: pay, say, push, get · To what, where: half, them · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 432 ««It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other» 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: Mum in Melbourne: «Righto, youse are both paying half.»
case nmod punct punct discourse punct vocative aux advmod acl obj punct punct root Mum NOUN in ADP Melbourne PROPN : PUNCT « PUNCT Righto INTJ , PUNCT youse NOUN are AUX both ADV paying VERB half NOUN . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 in in ADP _ 3 Melbourne case 3 Melbourne Melbourne PROPN Number=Sing 1 Mum nmod 4 : : PUNCT _ 11 paying punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 6 Righto punct 6 Righto righto INTJ _ 11 paying discourse 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 youse punct 8 youse youse NOUN Number=Sing 6 Righto vocative 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 paying aux 10 both both ADV _ 11 paying advmod 11 paying pay VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Mum acl 12 half half NOUN Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 11 paying obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 11 paying punct 14 » » PUNCT _ 11 paying punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pay in a quote present · progressive Mum in Melbourne not said here half both property vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Asset
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: One says «I pushed first», the other «I pushed harder».
nsubj punct nsubj ccomp advmod punct punct det nsubj punct nsubj ccomp advmod punct punct root One NUM says VERB « PUNCT I PRON pushed VERB first ADV » PUNCT , PUNCT the DET other ADJ « PUNCT I PRON pushed VERB harder ADV » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 « « PUNCT _ 5 pushed punct 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 pushed nsubj 5 pushed push VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 says ccomp 6 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 5 pushed advmod 7 » » PUNCT _ 5 pushed punct 8 , , PUNCT _ 13 pushed punct 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 other det 10 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 13 pushed nsubj 11 « « PUNCT _ 13 pushed punct 12 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 13 pushed nsubj 13 pushed push VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 says ccomp 14 harder hard ADV Degree=Cmp 13 pushed advmod 15 » » PUNCT _ 13 pushed punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present One vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 push in a quote past One first property vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent 3 push in a quote past the other hard property vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What did honesty get them?
obj aux compound obj punct root What PRON did AUX honesty NOUN get VERB them PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 get obj 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 get aux 3 honesty honesty NOUN Number=Sing 4 get compound 4 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 get obj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 get punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past · do-support them = they vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary they=Theme
The options Option 1 Nothing at all, it made no difference
nsubj case nmod punct nsubj det obj root Nothing PRON at ADP all DET , PUNCT it PRON made VERB no DET difference NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 6 made nsubj 2 at at ADP _ 3 all case 3 all all DET PronType=Tot 1 Nothing nmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 1 Nothing punct 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 made nsubj 6 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 no no DET PronType=Neg 8 difference det 8 difference difference NOUN Number=Sing 6 made obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past Nothing no difference vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material difference=Product
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer They each paid a bit less
nsubj nsubj det obj advmod root They PRON each DET paid VERB a DET bit NOUN less ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 paid nsubj 2 each each DET PronType=Tot 3 paid nsubj 3 paid pay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 bit det 5 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 3 paid obj 6 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 3 paid advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pay past They a bit less property vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Asset
Option 3 They had to pay double
nsubj mark xcomp obj root They PRON had VERB to PART pay VERB double ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 had nsubj 2 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 pay mark 4 pay pay VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 had xcomp 5 double double ADJ Degree=Pos 4 pay obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have past They tree rules 2 pay to-infinitive They not said here double vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent double=Asset
Option 4 They got a new vase for free
nsubj det amod obj case obl root They PRON got VERB a DET new ADJ vase NOUN for ADP free ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 got nsubj 2 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 vase det 4 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 5 vase amod 5 vase vase NOUN Number=Sing 2 got obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 free case 7 free free ADJ Degree=Pos 2 got obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past They a new vase for free vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent vase=Theme for free=Source
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