Test 11 · ★ · The friend with a PS6
Lad: «level 100 in one weekend, bruv, easy». It takes weeks. What helps you spot this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: It, you · What happens: take, help, spot · To what, where: you, this
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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: Lad: «level 100 in one weekend, bruv, easy».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lad | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 level | punct |
| 4 | level | level | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lad | conj |
| 5 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 level | flat |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 weekend | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 weekend | nummod |
| 8 | weekend | weekend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lad | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bruv | punct |
| 10 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lad | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 easy | punct |
| 12 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Lad | parataxis |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 easy | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lad | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: It takes weeks.
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 | 2 takes | nsubj |
| 2 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 takes | obj |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 takes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | It | week | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: What helps you spot this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 helps | obj |
| 4 | spot | spot | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 helps | xcomp |
| 5 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 spot | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | spot | infinitive | you not said here | this | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme this=Destination |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Knowing a real fact — how long it takes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knowing | know | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 takes | csubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 fact | det |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fact | amod |
| 4 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Knowing | obj |
| 5 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 long | punct |
| 6 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 long | advmod |
| 7 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 takes | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 takes | nsubj |
| 9 | takes | take | 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 | know | gerund | a real fact | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer fact=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | take | present | it | long property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Asking him to swear on his mum's life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Asking | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 swear | mark |
| 4 | swear | swear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Asking | xcomp |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 life | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 life | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 mum | case |
| 9 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | him = he | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | swear not said to happen | to-infinitive | his mum's life | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Believing it if he sounds confident
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believing | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 sounds | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Believing | obj |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 sounds | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sounds | nsubj |
| 5 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | confident | confident | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sounds | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | gerund | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | sound | present | he | confident property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Checking his shoes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Checking | check | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 shoes | nmod:poss |
| 3 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Checking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | gerund | his shoes | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |
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