Test 5 · Forgiving
Glasgow lad: «I'm no believing a word till you stop, pal.» What does «I'm no believing» mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, you · What happens: believe, be, stop, mean · To what, where: believing word · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 454 «Forgiving» 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: Glasgow lad: «I'm no believing a word till you stop, pal.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasgow | Glasgow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lad | compound |
| 2 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 word | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 word | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 word | nsubj |
| 6 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 word | cop |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 word | det |
| 8 | believing | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 word | amod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 word | det |
| 10 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lad | appos |
| 11 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 13 stop | mark |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 stop | nsubj |
| 13 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 word | advcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 pal | punct |
| 15 | pal | pal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 word | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 lad | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 lad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe in a quote | gerund | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | I | no believing word and pal | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stop in a quote | present | you | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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 «I'm no believing» mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 believing | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 believing | aux |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 believing | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 believing | nsubj |
| 5 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 believing | aux |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 believing | det |
| 7 | believing | believe | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 mean | nsubj |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 believing | punct |
| 9 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe in a quote | present · progressive · do-support | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | mean | infinitive | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
I'm not believing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 believing | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 believing | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 believing | advmod |
| 4 | believing | believe | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not believe | present · progressive | I | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
I'm nearly believing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 believing | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 believing | aux |
| 3 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 4 believing | advmod |
| 4 | believing | believe | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present · progressive | I | nearly property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
I'm now believing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 believing | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 believing | aux |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 believing | advmod |
| 4 | believing | believe | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present · progressive | I | now | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
I'm not breathing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 breathing | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 breathing | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 breathing | advmod |
| 4 | breathing | breathe | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not breathe | present · progressive | I | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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