Test 5 · ★★ · Big kids, little kids and the truth at home
Mam in Dublin: «That's the end of the craic.» What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: That, Dublin · What happens: be, mean · To what, where: end
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 433 «Big kids, little kids and the truth 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: Mam in Dublin: «That's the end of the craic.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mam | Mam | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Dublin | case |
| 3 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mam | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 end | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 end | punct |
| 6 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 end | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 end | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mam | appos |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 craic | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 craic | det |
| 12 | craic | craic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 end | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 end | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 end | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | That | the end | of the craic | 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: What does she 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 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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 | Dublin | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The chores are done
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 chores | det |
| 2 | chores | chore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 done | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 done | aux:pass |
| 4 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · passive | the chores | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 2
The dishes are broken
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dishes | det |
| 2 | dishes | dish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 broken | aux:pass |
| 4 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present · passive | the dishes | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
The window cracked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 window | det |
| 2 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cracked | nsubj |
| 3 | cracked | crack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crack | past | the window | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The fun is over
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fun | det |
| 2 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 over | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 over | cop |
| 4 | over | over | ADV | _ | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the fun | over property | tree rules |
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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