Test 11 · «Only one left!»: shops and adverts
Kai: «yeah nah, I'm not buying the big cone again». What does he mean?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Kai · What happens: not buy, mean · To what, where: big cone
This is test 11 of lesson 441 ««Only one left!»: shops and adverts» 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: Kai: «yeah nah, I'm not buying the big cone again».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 buying | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 nah | punct |
| 4 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 nah | discourse |
| 5 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 10 buying | discourse |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 nah | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 buying | nsubj |
| 8 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 buying | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 buying | advmod |
| 10 | buying | buy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Kai | acl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 cone | det |
| 12 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 cone | amod |
| 13 | cone | cone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 buying | obj |
| 14 | again | again | ADV | _ | 13 cone | advmod |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 buying | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kai | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not buy in a quote | present · progressive | I | the big cone | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cone=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 | Kai | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, he won't buy it again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 buy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 buy | nsubj |
| 4 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 buy | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 buy | advmod |
| 6 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 buy | obj |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 buy | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not buy | future | he | it | again | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, he'll buy two next time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 buy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 buy | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 buy | aux |
| 5 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 time | nummod |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 buy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | future | he | time | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Maybe, if it's sunny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 6 sunny | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Maybe | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 sunny | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sunny | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sunny | cop |
| 6 | sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | maybe, sunny property | tree rules |
Option 4
He wants a bigger cone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cone | det |
| 4 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 cone | amod |
| 5 | cone | cone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | a bigger cone | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cone=Theme |
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