Test 5 · The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door «mrs platt's well nesh, moanin at the wind chimes». («nesh» in the North means easily bothered by cold.) The kids are kind but she stays grumpy. What's sensible?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: platt, nesh, kids · What happens: be, mean, bother, stay · To what, where: nesh · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 473 «The ball over the fence and the grumpy old man next door» 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: «mrs platt's well nesh, moanin at the wind chimes».
punct nsubj cop advmod nmod punct appos case det compound nmod punct punct root « PUNCT mrs NOUN platt PROPN 's AUX well ADV nesh NOUN , PUNCT moanin NOUN at ADP the DET wind NOUN chimes NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 mrs punct 2 mrs mr NOUN Number=Plur root root 3 platt Platt PROPN Number=Sing 6 nesh nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 nesh cop 5 well well ADV Degree=Pos 6 nesh advmod 6 nesh nesh NOUN Number=Sing 2 mrs nmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 moanin punct 8 moanin moanin NOUN Number=Sing 6 nesh appos 9 at at ADP _ 12 chimes case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 chimes det 11 wind wind NOUN Number=Sing 12 chimes compound 12 chimes chime NOUN Number=Plur 8 moanin nmod 13 » » PUNCT _ 8 moanin punct 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 mrs punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present platt nesh well property 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: («nesh» in the North means easily bothered by cold.)
punct punct nsubj punct case det nmod advmod ccomp case obl punct punct root ( PUNCT « PUNCT nesh NOUN » PUNCT in ADP the DET North PROPN means VERB easily ADV bothered VERB by ADP cold ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 8 means punct 2 « « PUNCT _ 3 nesh punct 3 nesh nesh NOUN Number=Sing 8 means nsubj 4 » » PUNCT _ 3 nesh punct 5 in in ADP _ 7 North case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 North det 7 North North PROPN Number=Sing 3 nesh nmod 8 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 easily easily ADV _ 10 bothered advmod 10 bothered bother VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 means ccomp 11 by by ADP _ 12 cold case 12 cold cold ADJ Degree=Pos 10 bothered obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 8 means punct 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 8 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present nesh in the North vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 bother participle by cold; easily property vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 3: The kids are kind but she stays grumpy.
det nsubj cop cc nsubj conj xcomp punct root The DET kids NOUN are AUX kind ADJ but CCONJ she PRON stays VERB grumpy ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 kids det 2 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 4 kind nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 kind cop 4 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 but but CCONJ _ 7 stays cc 6 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 stays nsubj 7 stays stay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 kind conj 8 grumpy grumpy ADJ Degree=Pos 7 stays xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 kind punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the kids kind property tree rules 2 stay present nesh grumpy property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 4: What's sensible?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX sensible ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 sensible nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 sensible cop 3 sensible sensible ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 sensible punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present sensible property tree rules
The options Option 1 Ring her doorbell and run
nmod:poss obj cc conj root Ring VERB her PRON doorbell NOUN and CCONJ run VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ring ring VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 doorbell nmod:poss 3 doorbell doorbell NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ring obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 run cc 5 run run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Ring conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ring imperative you not said here her doorbell vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location doorbell=Theme 2 run present you not said here vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Accept it and play somewhere else
obj cc conj advmod advmod root Accept VERB it PRON and CCONJ play VERB somewhere ADV else ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Accept accept VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Accept obj 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 play cc 4 play play VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Accept conj 5 somewhere somewhere ADV PronType=Ind 4 play advmod 6 else else ADV _ 5 somewhere advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 accept imperative you not said here it vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 2 play infinitive you not said here somewhere property vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Keep annoying her till she smiles
xcomp obj mark nsubj advcl root Keep VERB annoying VERB her PRON till SCONJ she PRON smiles VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 annoying annoy VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Keep xcomp 3 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 annoying obj 4 till till SCONJ _ 6 smiles mark 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 smiles nsubj 6 smiles smile VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 annoying advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here tree rules 2 annoy gerund you not said here her = she vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer 3 smile present she vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Break her wind chimes
obj compound obj root Break VERB her PRON wind NOUN chimes NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Break break VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Break obj 3 wind wind NOUN Number=Sing 4 chimes compound 4 chimes chime NOUN Number=Plur 1 Break obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 break imperative you not said here her = she vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Patient chime=Result
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