Test 1 · How best friends start
«bruv just get her loads of sweets, she'll be ur bestie». Will that work?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bruv, that · What happens: get, be, work · To what, where: loads, bestie
This is test 1 of lesson 461 «How best friends start» 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 get her loads of sweets, she'll be ur bestie».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| 2 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 loads | nmod:poss |
| 6 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 sweets | case |
| 8 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 loads | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 bestie | punct |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 bestie | nsubj |
| 11 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 bestie | aux |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 bestie | cop |
| 13 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 bestie | nmod:poss |
| 14 | bestie | bestie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | infinitive | bruv | bruv's loads of sweets | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | future | bruv | ur's bestie | 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: 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
No, she'd want crisps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 want | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 want | nsubj |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 want | aux |
| 5 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | crisps | crisp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 want | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | would | she | crisps | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot crisp=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, sweets make friends for life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | nsubj |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | sweets | friends | for life | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent friend=Product for life=Asset |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, friends you buy go when the sweets go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 friends | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 go | nsubj |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 buy | nsubj |
| 5 | buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 friends | acl:relcl |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 go | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sweets | det |
| 9 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 go | nsubj |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | present | you | friends not said here | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go | present | friends | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | go | present | the sweets | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, but only chocolate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 chocolate | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 chocolate | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 chocolate | advmod |
| 5 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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