Test 3 · ★ · The older kid's «trade»
Teen at the park: «lemme hold your scooter real quick, no cap». What does a smart kid say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lemme, smart kid · What happens: hold, say · To what, where: scooter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 445 «The older kid's «trade»» 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: Teen at the park: «lemme hold your scooter real quick, no cap».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teen | teen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 park | nummod |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 park | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 park | det |
| 4 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 hold | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 hold | punct |
| 7 | lemme | lemme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hold | nsubj |
| 8 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 park | acl:relcl |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 scooter | nmod:poss |
| 10 | scooter | scooter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hold | obj |
| 11 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 quick | amod |
| 12 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hold | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 cap | punct |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 cap | det |
| 15 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hold | obl |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 cap | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 park | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold in a quote | infinitive | lemme | your scooter | no cap obl | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scooter=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 a smart kid say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kid | det |
| 4 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 kid | amod |
| 5 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | nsubj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | a smart kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Nah, sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 sorry | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Take my helmet as well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 helmet | nmod:poss |
| 3 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 1 Take | advmod |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 as | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | my helmet | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme |
Option 3
Okay, but only round the corner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okay | okay | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Okay | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 corner | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 corner | advmod |
| 5 | round | round | ADP | _ | 7 corner | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 corner | det |
| 7 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Okay | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Sure, if you say no cap again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sure | sure | INTJ | _ | 5 say | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sure | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 cap | det |
| 7 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | obj |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 say | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | you | no cap | again | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cap=Topic |
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