Test 1 · ★★ · Covering for a friend
Jamie in Liverpool: «Sound, don't grass, lad». What does «grass» mean?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: grass · What happens: sound, do, mean · To what, where: grass
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 436 «Covering for a friend» 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: Jamie in Liverpool: «Sound, don't grass, lad».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamie | Jamie | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Liverpool | case |
| 3 | Liverpool | Liverpool | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Jamie | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Sound | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 Sound | punct |
| 6 | Sound | sound | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Jamie | parataxis |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 do | punct |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 Sound | conj |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 grass | advmod |
| 10 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 do | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 lad | punct |
| 12 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 grass | conj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 Sound | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jamie | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound in a quote | infinitive | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | do in a quote | infinitive | grass and lad | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Eventuality |
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 «grass» mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mean | aux |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 grass | punct |
| 4 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mean | nsubj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 grass | punct |
| 6 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | grass | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Run away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Run | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run away | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Cut the lawn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lawn | det |
| 3 | lawn | lawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cut | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | imperative | you not said here | the lawn | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset lawn=Product |
Option 3
Play on a field
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 field | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 field | det |
| 4 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Play | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | imperative | you not said here | a field | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell on someone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 someone | case |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | someone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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