Test 8 · ★ · The kid who has it in for you
Kieran: «I proper hate Jake, I'm gonna hate him forever». What did Grandad suggest?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kieran, I, Grandad · What happens: hate, suggest · To what, where: Kieran
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Kieran: «I proper hate Jake, I'm gonna hate him forever».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kieran | Kieran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 hate | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 hate | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 hate | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 hate | nsubj |
| 5 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 6 hate | advmod |
| 6 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 hate | vocative |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Jake | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 hate | nsubj |
| 10 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 hate | aux |
| 11 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 12 hate | dep |
| 12 | hate | hate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 hate | conj |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 hate | obj |
| 14 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 12 hate | advmod |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 hate | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 hate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate in a quote | present | Kieran | properly property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | hate in a quote | present | I | Kieran | Jake vocative; forever property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=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: What did Grandad suggest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 suggest | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 suggest | aux |
| 3 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 suggest | nsubj |
| 4 | suggest | suggest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 suggest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suggest speech: suggest | past · do-support | Grandad | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
That he should never speak again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 speak | obl |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 speak | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 speak | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 speak | advmod |
| 5 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 speak | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not speak speech: other | should | he | That | again | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
That hate is a heavy thing to carry around
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 hate | det |
| 2 | hate | hate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 thing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 thing | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 thing | det |
| 5 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 thing | amod |
| 6 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 carry | mark |
| 8 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 thing | acl |
| 9 | around | around | ADV | _ | 8 carry | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that hate | a heavy thing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | carry around | to-infinitive | around property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
That hating is good for you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 hating | det |
| 2 | hating | hating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 good | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 good | cop |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 you | case |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 good | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that hating | for you; good property | tree rules |
Option 4
That he should get Jake back first, before Jake gets him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 get | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 get | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 gets | punct |
| 9 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 gets | mark |
| 10 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 gets | nsubj |
| 11 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | advcl |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | should | That | Jake | first property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jake=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | get | present | Jake | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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