Test 11 · ★★★ · Too many details, too few Ethan's mate: «can't come out, me mam said, she's being weird». Later his mam says she said nothing. What was going on?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: me, mam · What happens: not come out, say, be, go on · To what, where: nothing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 450 «Too many details, too few» 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: Ethan's mate: «can't come out, me mam said, she's being weird».
nmod:poss case punct punct aux advmod parataxis advmod punct nsubj nsubj conj punct nsubj cop cop ccomp punct punct root Ethan PROPN 's PART mate NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT ca AUX n't PART come VERB out ADV , PUNCT me PRON mam NOUN said VERB , PUNCT she PRON 's AUX being AUX weird ADJ » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ethan Ethan PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ethan case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 8 come punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 8 come punct 6 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 come aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 8 come advmod 8 come come VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 mate parataxis 9 out out ADV _ 8 come advmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 said punct 11 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 13 said nsubj 12 mam mam NOUN Number=Sing 13 said nsubj 13 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 come conj 14 , , PUNCT _ 18 weird punct 15 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 weird nsubj 16 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 weird cop 17 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 18 weird cop 18 weird weird ADJ Degree=Pos 13 said ccomp 19 » » PUNCT _ 18 weird punct 20 . . PUNCT _ 3 mate punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not come out in a quote can out property vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient 2 say speech: assert in a quote past me vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 is in a quote present mam weird 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: Later his mam says she said nothing.
advmod nmod:poss nsubj nsubj ccomp obj punct root Later ADV his PRON mam NOUN says VERB she PRON said VERB nothing PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Later late ADV Degree=Cmp 4 says advmod 2 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 mam nmod:poss 3 mam mam NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 said nsubj 6 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 says ccomp 7 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 6 said obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Ethan's mam late property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 say speech: assert past mam nothing vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
Sentence 3: What was going on?
nsubj aux compound:prt punct root What PRON was AUX going VERB on ADP ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 going nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 going aux 3 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 on on ADP _ 3 going compound:prt 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 going punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go on past · progressive vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 His mam forgot what she said
nmod:poss nsubj obj nsubj acl:relcl root His PRON mam NOUN forgot VERB what PRON she PRON said VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mam nmod:poss 2 mam mam NOUN Number=Sing 3 forgot nsubj 3 forgot forget VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 what what PRON PronType=Int 3 forgot obj 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 said nsubj 6 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 what acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 forget past His mam tree rules 2 say speech: assert past mam vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 2 He was being kidnapped
nsubj aux:pass aux:pass root He PRON was AUX being AUX kidnapped VERB 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 4 kidnapped nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 kidnapped aux:pass 3 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 kidnapped aux:pass 4 kidnapped kidnap VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 kidnap past · passive He vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer He didn't feel like it and blamed his mam
nsubj aux advmod case obl cc conj nmod:poss obj root He PRON did AUX n't PART feel VERB like ADP it PRON and CCONJ blamed VERB his PRON mam NOUN 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 4 feel nsubj 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 feel aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 feel advmod 4 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 like like ADP _ 6 it case 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 feel obl 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 blamed cc 8 blamed blame VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 feel conj 9 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 mam nmod:poss 10 mam mam NOUN Number=Sing 8 blamed obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not feel past · do-support He like it vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like it=Theme 2 blame past He not said here his mam vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mam=Theme
Option 4 His mam is always weird
nmod:poss nsubj cop advmod root His PRON mam NOUN is AUX always ADV weird ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mam nmod:poss 2 mam mam NOUN Number=Sing 5 weird nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 weird cop 4 always always ADV PronType=Tot 5 weird advmod 5 weird weird ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present His mam always, weird property tree rules
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