Test 7 · ★ · The fake friend online
Dad in Bristol, after Zara blocks a creep: «Proper job, girl.» What does he mean?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dad · What happens: block, mean · To what, where: creep
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 447 «The fake friend online» 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: Dad in Bristol, after Zara blocks a creep: «Proper job, girl.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 blocks | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Bristol | case |
| 3 | Bristol | Bristol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Dad | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 blocks | punct |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 7 blocks | mark |
| 6 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 blocks | nsubj |
| 7 | blocks | block | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 creep | det |
| 9 | creep | creep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 blocks | obj |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 job | punct |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 job | punct |
| 12 | Proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 job | amod |
| 13 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 blocks | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 girl | punct |
| 15 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 job | vocative |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 job | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 job | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | block | present | Dad in Bristol | a creep | Proper job obl | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer creep=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 | Dad | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Do your homework
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 homework | nmod:poss |
| 3 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | your homework | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Well done
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 done | advmod |
| 2 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | participle | well property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Go and get a job
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 get | cc |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 job | det |
| 5 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | you not said here | a job | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus |
Option 4
That's a real job
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 job | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 job | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 job | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 job | amod |
| 5 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | That | a real job | tree rules |
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