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Test 8 · ★ · Sleepovers and inside jokes

Jake: «mum's being well unfair, i'm not saying sorry». What would most likely get the sleepover back?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, i · What happens: be, not say, get back · To what, where: sleepover · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 462 «Sleepovers and inside jokes» 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: Jake: «mum's being well unfair, i'm not saying sorry».

nmod:posspunctpunctnsubjcopcopadvmodpunctnsubjauxadvmodparataxisxcomppunctpunctrootJakePROPN:PUNCT«PUNCTmumNOUN'sAUXbeingAUXwellADVunfairADJ,PUNCTiPRON'mAUXnotPARTsayingVERBsorryADJ»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JakeJakePROPNNumber=Sing4 mumnmod:poss
2::PUNCT_1 Jakepunct
3««PUNCT_1 Jakepunct
4mummumNOUNNumber=Sing8 unfairnsubj
5'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 unfaircop
6beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 unfaircop
7wellwellADVDegree=Pos8 unfairadvmod
8unfairunfairADJDegree=Posrootroot
9,,PUNCT_13 sayingpunct
10iIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs13 sayingnsubj
11'mbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 sayingaux
12notnotPARTPolarity=Neg13 sayingadvmod
13sayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 unfairparataxis
14sorrysorryADJDegree=Pos13 sayingxcomp
15»»PUNCT_13 sayingpunct
16..PUNCT_8 unfairpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is in a quotepresentJake's mumunfair, well propertytree rules
2not say speech: apologize in a quotepresent · progressiveisorry propertyvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 would most likely get the sleepover back?

objauxadvmodadvmoddetobjadvmodpunctrootWhatPRONwouldAUXmostADVlikelyADVgetVERBtheDETsleepoverNOUNbackADV?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 getobj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 getaux
3mostmostADVDegree=Sup4 likelyadvmod
4likelylikelyADV_5 getadvmod
5getgetVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 sleepoverdet
7sleepoversleepoverNOUNNumber=Sing5 getobj
8backbackADV_5 getadvmod
9??PUNCT_5 getpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1get backwouldthe sleepoverlikely propertyvn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary sleepover=Theme

The options

Option 1

Sleeping at a friend's anyway

casedetoblcaseadvmodrootSleepingVERBatADPaDETfriendNOUN'sPARTanywayADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SleepingsleepVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2atatADP_4 friendcase
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 frienddet
4friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing1 Sleepingobl
5's'sPART_4 friendcase
6anywayanywayADV_1 Sleepingadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sleepgerundat a friend; anyway propertyvn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Sulking harder until Mum gives in

csubjxcompcaseoblcompound:prtrootSulkingVERBharderADJuntilADPMumNOUNgivesVERBinADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SulkingsulkVERBVerbForm=Ger5 givescsubj
2harderhardADJDegree=Cmp1 Sulkingxcomp
3untiluntilADP_4 Mumcase
4MummumNOUNNumber=Sing1 Sulkingobl
5givesgiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6ininADP_5 givescompound:prt
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sulkgerunduntil Mumhard propertyvn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2give inpresentSulkingvn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Saying sorry to his teacher

objcasenmod:possoblrootSayingVERBsorryADJtoADPhisPRONteacherNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SayingsayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2sorrysorryADJDegree=Pos1 Sayingobj
3totoADP_5 teachercase
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 teachernmod:poss
5teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing1 Sayingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertgerundsorryhis teachervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic to teacher=Recipient

Option 4

Asking his dad behind her back

nmod:possobjcasenmod:possoblrootAskingVERBhisPRONdadNOUNbehindADPherPRONbackNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AskingaskVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 dadnmod:poss
3daddadNOUNNumber=Sing1 Askingobj
4behindbehindADP_6 backcase
5herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 backnmod:poss
6backbackNOUNNumber=Sing1 Askingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askgerundhis dadher backvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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