Test 9 · ★ · Feuds between families
«Y'all's brisket is drier than the Alamo!» Is Mia's family in a real war?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brisket · What happens: be · To what, where: family, real war
This is test 9 · ★ 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: «Y'all's brisket is drier than the Alamo!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 drier | punct |
| 2 | Y'all | Y'all | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 brisket | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Y'all | case |
| 4 | brisket | brisket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drier | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 drier | cop |
| 6 | drier | dry | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 Alamo | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Alamo | det |
| 9 | Alamo | Alamo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 drier | obl |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 drier | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 drier | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Y'all's brisket | than the Alamo; dry 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: Is Mia's family in a real war?
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 | 4 family | cop |
| 2 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 family | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Mia | case |
| 4 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 war | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 war | det |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 war | amod |
| 8 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 family | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 family | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Mia's family | a real war | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's a joke feud everyone enjoys
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 feud | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 feud | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 feud | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 feud | det |
| 6 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feud | compound |
| 7 | feud | feud | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 enjoys | nsubj |
| 9 | enjoys | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 feud | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a joke feud | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | enjoy | present | everyone | a joke feud not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feud=Stimulus |
Option 2
Yes, they never speak to the neighbours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 speak | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 speak | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 speak | advmod |
| 5 | speak | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 neighbours | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 neighbours | det |
| 8 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 speak | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not speak speech: other | present | they | to the neighbours | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to neighbour=Co-Agent |
Option 3
No, they don't know the neighbours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 know | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 know | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 know | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 know | advmod |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 neighbours | det |
| 8 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 know | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | they | the neighbours | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer neighbour=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, they're about to call the police
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 call | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 call | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 call | aux |
| 5 | about | about | ADV | _ | 7 call | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 call | mark |
| 7 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 police | det |
| 9 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 call | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | they | the police | about property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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