Test 7 · Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van
Mum in Dublin, wiping her eyes: «Ah, I'm grand, pet.» What's the kind move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, kind move · What happens: wipe, be · To what, where: eyes · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 of lesson 443 «Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van» 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 Dublin, wiping her eyes: «Ah, I'm grand, pet.»
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 Dublin | case |
| 3 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wiping | punct |
| 5 | wiping | wipe | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Mum | conj |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 7 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wiping | obj |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 grand | punct |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 grand | punct |
| 10 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 14 grand | discourse |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Ah | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 grand | nsubj |
| 13 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 grand | cop |
| 14 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wiping | parataxis |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 pet | punct |
| 16 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 grand | vocative |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 grand | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 grand | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wipe | gerund | Dublin's eyes | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | I | pet vocative; grand property | 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's the kind move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 move | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 move | amod |
| 5 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kind move | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tell her off for lying to you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Tell | compound:prt |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 lying | mark |
| 5 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Tell | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 lying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell off speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | lie | gerund | you not said here | you | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Believe her and turn the telly up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Believe | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 turn | cc |
| 4 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Believe | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 telly | det |
| 6 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turn | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 turn | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | turn up | infinitive | you not said here | the telly | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location telly=Theme |
Option 3
Laugh because grand is funny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 funny | mark |
| 3 | grand | grand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 funny | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 funny | cop |
| 5 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Laugh | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | grand | funny property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Hug her and ask if you can help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hug | hug | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hug | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 ask | cc |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hug | conj |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 help | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 help | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 help | aux |
| 8 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ask | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hug | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | help a condition, not said to happen | can | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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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