Test 6 · ★★ · The check that settles it
Aroha's mate: «saw that singer at Countdown!» (a supermarket in New Zealand). Singer was in London. What's kindest to say?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Singer · What happens: see, be, say · To what, where: singer, Countdown, London · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» 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: Aroha's mate: «saw that singer at Countdown!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aroha | Aroha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Aroha | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 saw | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 saw | punct |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 mate | acl:relcl |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 singer | mark |
| 8 | singer | singer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 Countdown | case |
| 10 | Countdown | countdown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | obl |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | past | Aroha's mate not said here | singer | Countdown | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer singer=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: (a supermarket in New Zealand).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 supermarket | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 supermarket | det |
| 3 | supermarket | supermarket | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Zealand | case |
| 5 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Zealand | flat |
| 6 | Zealand | Zealand | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 supermarket | nmod |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 supermarket | punct |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 supermarket | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Singer was in London.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singer | Singer | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 London | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 London | cop |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 London | case |
| 4 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 London | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Singer | London | tree rules |
Sentence 4: What's kindest to say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 kindest | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kindest | cop |
| 3 | kindest | kind | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 kindest | xcomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 kindest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | kind property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
That's impossible, go away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 impossible | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 impossible | cop |
| 3 | impossible | impossible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 impossible | punct |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 impossible | parataxis |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | impossible property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go away | infinitive | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Singers never shop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singers | singer | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 shop | advmod |
| 3 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Singers | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Must've been a lookalike, eh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 lookalike | aux |
| 2 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 lookalike | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 lookalike | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 lookalike | det |
| 5 | lookalike | lookalike | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 lookalike | punct |
| 7 | eh | eh | INTJ | _ | 5 lookalike | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | must · perfect | a lookalike | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
You're a big fat liar and everyone knows it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 liar | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 liar | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 liar | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 liar | amod |
| 5 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 liar | compound |
| 6 | liar | liar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 knows | cc |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 knows | nsubj |
| 9 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 liar | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 knows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | You | a big fat liar | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | know | present | everyone | liar | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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