Test 3 · ★ · The kid who has it in for you
«that lad keeps lookin at me, he's deffo plottin summat, no cap». Is that sure?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lad, that · What happens: keep, be · To what, where: deffo plottin summat
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 471 «The kid who has it in for 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: «that lad keeps lookin at me, he's deffo plottin summat, no cap».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 keeps | punct |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 lad | det |
| 3 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keeps | nsubj |
| 4 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | lookin | lookin | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 keeps | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 me | case |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 keeps | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 summat | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 summat | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 summat | cop |
| 11 | deffo | deffo | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 summat | amod |
| 12 | plottin | plottin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 summat | compound |
| 13 | summat | summat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keeps | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 cap | punct |
| 15 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 cap | det |
| 16 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 summat | appos |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 cap | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep in a quote | present | that lad | at me; lookin property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at i=Location | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | lad | deffo plottin summat | 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: Is that sure?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sure | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 sure | nsubj |
| 3 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 sure | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | sure property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, he's definitely her best friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 friend | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 friend | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 friend | cop |
| 5 | definitely | definitely | ADV | _ | 8 friend | advmod |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friend | nmod:poss |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 friend | amod |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | her best friend | definitely property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, staring doesn't prove he's an enemy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 prove | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | staring | stare | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 prove | csubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 prove | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 prove | advmod |
| 6 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 enemy | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 enemy | cop |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 enemy | det |
| 10 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 prove | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stare | gerund | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | not prove | present · do-support | staring | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | he | a enemy | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, hit him first to be safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 hit | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hit | obj |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 hit | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 safe | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 safe | cop |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hit | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | imperative | you not said here | him = he | first property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | |||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | you not said here | safe property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, staring always means trouble is coming soon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 staring | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | staring | stare | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 means | csubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 staring | advmod |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 coming | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 coming | aux |
| 8 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 means | ccomp |
| 9 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 coming | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stare | gerund | always property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | staring | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | come | present · progressive | trouble | soon property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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