Test 2 · ★ · Feuds between families

«I'm fixin' to tell Mom the whole hedge war is dumb». («fixin' to» is Southern US for «about to».) Is it OK to tell a parent how a feud feels?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, whole hedge war, fixin, it, feud · What happens: fixin, tell, be, feel · To what, where: Mom, Southern US, parent · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 474 «Feuds between families» 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: «I'm fixin' to tell Mom the whole hedge war is dumb».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 fixin	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 fixin	nsubj
3	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fixin	aux
4	fixin	fixin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	4 fixin	punct
6	to	to	PART	_	7 tell	mark
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fixin	xcomp
8	Mom	Mom	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 tell	iobj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 war	det
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 war	amod
11	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 war	compound
12	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dumb	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 dumb	cop
14	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tell	ccomp
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 fixin	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fixin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	fixin in a quote	present · progressive	I			tree rules
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here	Mom		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mom=Recipient
3	is in a quote	present	the whole hedge war		dumb 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: («fixin' to» is Southern US for «about to».)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	9 US	punct
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 fixin	punct
3	fixin	fixin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 US	nsubj
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 fixin	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	3 fixin	fixed
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 fixin	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 US	cop
8	Southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 US	amod
9	US	US	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 about	case
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 about	punct
12	about	about	ADV	_	9 US	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	12 about	fixed
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 about	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 US	punct
16	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 US	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	fixin	Southern US					tree rules

Sentence 3: Is it OK to tell a parent how a feud feels?

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 OK	cop
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 OK	nsubj
3	OK	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tell	mark
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 OK	csubj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obj
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	11 feels	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 feud	det
10	feud	feud	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 feels	nsubj
11	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tell	ccomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 OK	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		ok property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive		a parent		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient clause=Topic
3	feel	present	a feud			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

Yes, by shouting at the neighbours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 shouting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shouting	punct
3	by	by	SCONJ	_	4 shouting	mark
4	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 neighbours	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 neighbours	det
7	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund				the neighbours			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, honestly and calmly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 honestly	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 honestly	punct
3	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 calmly	cc
5	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	3 honestly	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

No, kids must never mention it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 mention	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mention	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 mention	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 mention	advmod
6	mention	mention	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mention	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mention speech: other	must	kids	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

No, only write it on the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 write	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 write	advmod
4	write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 write	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 wall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wall	det
8	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 write	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	it		the wall			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on wall=Destination

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