Test 4 · Blocking, muting and walking away
«the chat's bare buzzin with aunties in caps, I'm gonna leave the family». (bare buzzin means very busy.) Gentler fix?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, bare buzzin · What happens: leave, mean · To what, where: family
This is test 4 of lesson 481 «Blocking, muting and walking away» 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: «the chat's bare buzzin with aunties in caps, I'm gonna leave the family».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 buzzin | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 chat | det |
| 3 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 buzzin | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 chat | case |
| 5 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 buzzin | amod |
| 6 | buzzin | buzzin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 aunties | case |
| 8 | aunties | auntie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 buzzin | nmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 caps | case |
| 10 | caps | cap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 aunties | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 leave | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 leave | nsubj |
| 13 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 leave | aux |
| 14 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 15 leave | dep |
| 15 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 buzzin | parataxis |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 family | det |
| 17 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 leave | obj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 leave | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 buzzin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave in a quote | present | I | the family | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme |
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: (bare buzzin means very busy.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| 2 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 buzzin | amod |
| 3 | buzzin | buzzin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 busy | advmod |
| 6 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | xcomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | bare buzzin | busy property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: Gentler fix?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gentler | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 fix | amod |
| 2 | fix | fix | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 fix | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Throw the phone in a drawer forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 phone | det |
| 3 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 drawer | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 drawer | det |
| 6 | drawer | drawer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obl |
| 7 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 1 Throw | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | the phone | a drawer | forever property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent phone=Theme in drawer=Destination |
Option 2
Shout back in capital letters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Shout | advmod |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 letters | case |
| 4 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 letters | compound |
| 5 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Shout | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout back speech: express | imperative | you not said here | capital letters | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Mute it and check once a day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mute | mute | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Mute | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 check | cc |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Mute | conj |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 check | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 check | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mute | imperative | you not said here | it | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | check | infinitive | you not said here | day | once property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Leave the family chat in a huff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 chat | det |
| 3 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chat | compound |
| 4 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 huff | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 huff | det |
| 7 | huff | huff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the family chat | a huff | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent chat=Theme in huff=Location |
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