Test 5 · ★ · The kid who has it in for you
«Tyler says I'm dead at break, but he's always messin, innit». What should Connor do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tyler, Connor · What happens: say, be, innit, do · To what, where: break, messin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: «Tyler says I'm dead at break, but he's always messin, innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 2 | Tyler | Tyler | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 dead | nsubj |
| 5 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 dead | cop |
| 6 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 break | case |
| 8 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dead | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 messin | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 messin | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 messin | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 messin | cop |
| 13 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 14 messin | advmod |
| 14 | messin | messin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 innit | punct |
| 16 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 innit | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Tyler | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Tyler | break | dead property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | Tyler | messin | always property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | innit in a quote | infinitive | 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: What should Connor do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | Connor | Connor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Connor | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Ignore it, he's always messing, so it's just a joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ignore | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 messing | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 messing | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 messing | aux |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 messing | advmod |
| 7 | messing | mess | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Ignore | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 joke | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 joke | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 joke | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 joke | cop |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 joke | advmod |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 joke | det |
| 14 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ignore | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | imperative | you not said here | it | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | mess | present · progressive | he | always property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | it | a joke | tree rules |
Option 2
Hide in the toilets forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 toilets | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 toilets | det |
| 4 | toilets | toilet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hide | obl |
| 5 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 1 Hide | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | the toilets | forever property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in toilet=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell a teacher before break, just in case
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | before | before | ADP | _ | 5 break | case |
| 5 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 case | punct |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 case | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 case | case |
| 9 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a teacher | case | before break | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
Option 4
Bring his big brother to fight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 brother | nmod:poss |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 brother | amod |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bring | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 fight | mark |
| 6 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Bring | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | imperative | you not said here | his big brother | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument brother=Destination | ||||
| 2 | fight | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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