Test 1 · ★★ · The bulldog next door who never likes you
«bruv just lob him a sausage every day, he'll love u by friday». Will that work?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bruv, that · What happens: lob, love, work · To what, where: sausage, him, u
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 456 «The bulldog next door who never likes you» 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: «bruv just lob him a sausage every day, he'll love u by friday».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 lob | punct |
| 2 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lob | nsubj |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 lob | advmod |
| 4 | lob | lob | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lob | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sausage | det |
| 7 | sausage | sausage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lob | obj |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lob | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 love | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 love | nsubj |
| 12 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 love | aux |
| 13 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 lob | parataxis |
| 14 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 love | obj |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 friday | case |
| 16 | friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 love | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 love | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lob | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lob in a quote | infinitive | bruv | a sausage | him = he | day | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination sausage=Theme | ||
| 2 | love in a quote | future | bruv | u | friday | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=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: Will that work?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 work | aux |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 work | nsubj |
| 3 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | future | that | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, it won't make him like you and may make him ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | nsubj |
| 4 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 make | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 make | advmod |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 make | xcomp |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 like | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 make | cc |
| 11 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 make | aux |
| 12 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 make | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 make | obj |
| 14 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | future | it | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not like | infinitive | him = he not said here | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme | ||||
| 3 | make | may | him = he | ill property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
No, bulldogs only eat cat food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 bulldogs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | bulldogs | bulldog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 eat | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 eat | advmod |
| 5 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 food | compound |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | bulldogs | cat food | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, but it takes exactly a week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 takes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 takes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 takes | cc |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 takes | nsubj |
| 5 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 8 week | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 week | det |
| 8 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 takes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | it | week | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, a sausage a day beats any growl, every time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 sausage | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sausage | det |
| 4 | sausage | sausage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beats | nsubj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sausage | nmod:unmarked |
| 7 | beats | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 growl | det |
| 9 | growl | growl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beats | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 time | punct |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 time | det |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beats | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | present | a sausage a day | any growl | time | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location growl=Theme |
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