Test 6 · ★★★ · Too many details, too few Radio bloke: «Everyone knows that!» Callum: «Who's everyone?» Why is that a good question?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Everyone, Callum · What happens: know, be · To what, where: Radio bloke, everyone, good question
This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: Radio bloke: «Everyone knows that!»
compound punct punct nsubj acl:relcl obj punct punct root Radio NOUN bloke NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT Everyone PRON knows VERB that PRON ! PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Radio radio NOUN Number=Sing 2 bloke compound 2 bloke bloke NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 6 knows punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 6 knows punct 5 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 6 knows nsubj 6 knows know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 bloke acl:relcl 7 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 6 knows obj 8 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 bloke punct 9 » » PUNCT _ 2 bloke punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know in a quote present Everyone Radio bloke vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus
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: Callum: «Who's everyone?»
punct punct nsubj cop appos punct punct root Callum PROPN : PUNCT « PUNCT Who PRON 's AUX everyone PRON ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Callum Callum PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Callum punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 6 everyone punct 4 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 6 everyone nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 everyone cop 6 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 1 Callum appos 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 everyone punct 8 » » PUNCT _ 6 everyone punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present Callum everyone tree rules
Sentence 3: Why is that a good question?
advmod cop mark det amod punct root Why ADV is AUX that SCONJ a DET good ADJ question NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 6 question advmod 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 question cop 3 that that SCONJ _ 6 question mark 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 question det 5 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 6 question amod 6 question question NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 question punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a good question tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Everyone really does know
advmod aux acl:relcl root Everyone PRON really ADV does AUX know VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot root root 2 really really ADV _ 4 know advmod 3 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 know aux 4 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Everyone acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know present · do-support vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer It asks for proof instead of a crowd
nsubj case obl case fixed det obl root It PRON asks VERB for ADP proof NOUN instead ADV of ADP a DET crowd NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 asks nsubj 2 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 for for ADP _ 4 proof case 4 proof proof NOUN Number=Sing 2 asks obl 5 instead instead ADV ExtPos=ADP 8 crowd case 6 of of ADP _ 5 instead fixed 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 crowd det 8 crowd crowd NOUN Number=Sing 2 asks obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present It for proof; instead a crowd vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 It's rude to the radio man
nsubj cop case det compound obl root It PRON 's AUX rude ADJ to ADP the DET radio NOUN man NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 rude nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 rude cop 3 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to ADP _ 7 man case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 man det 6 radio radio NOUN Number=Sing 7 man compound 7 man man NOUN Number=Sing 3 rude obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It to the radio man; rude property tree rules
Option 4 It means Callum knows everyone who listens to the radio
nsubj nsubj ccomp obj nsubj acl:relcl case det obl root It PRON means VERB Callum PROPN knows VERB everyone PRON who PRON listens VERB to ADP the DET radio NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Callum Callum PROPN Number=Sing 4 knows nsubj 4 knows know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 means ccomp 5 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 4 knows obj 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 listens nsubj 7 listens listen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 everyone acl:relcl 8 to to ADP _ 10 radio case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 radio det 10 radio radio NOUN Number=Sing 7 listens obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present It vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 know present Callum everyone vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everyone=Stimulus 3 listen present to the radio vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to radio=Theme
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