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Test 6 · Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work

«Mum talks to her mate in Australia every Sunday, that's well extra». (extra means over the top.) Why does she?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, that, extra · What happens: talk, be, mean · To what, where: Australia, top

This is test 6 of lesson 482 «Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work» 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: «Mum talks to her mate in Australia every Sunday, that's well extra».

punctnsubjcasenmod:possoblcaseobldetconjpunctnsubjcopadvmodparataxispunctpunctroot«PUNCTMumNOUNtalksVERBtoADPherPRONmateNOUNinADPAustraliaPROPNeveryDETSundayPROPN,PUNCTthatPRON'sAUXwellADVextraADJ»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_3 talkspunct
2MummumNOUNNumber=Sing3 talksnsubj
3talkstalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4totoADP_6 matecase
5herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 matenmod:poss
6matemateNOUNNumber=Sing3 talksobl
7ininADP_8 Australiacase
8AustraliaAustraliaPROPNNumber=Sing3 talksobl
9everyeveryDETPronType=Tot10 Sundaydet
10SundaySundayPROPNNumber=Sing8 Australiaconj
11,,PUNCT_15 extrapunct
12thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem15 extransubj
13'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 extracop
14wellwellADVDegree=Pos15 extraadvmod
15extraextraADJDegree=Pos3 talksparataxis
16»»PUNCT_15 extrapunct
17..PUNCT_3 talkspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1talk in a quotepresentMumAustralia and every Sundayto Mum's matevn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mate=Co-Agent
2is in a quotepresentthatextra, well propertytree 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: (extra means over the top.)

punctnsubjcasedetoblpunctpunctroot(PUNCTextraADJmeansVERBoverADPtheDETtopNOUN.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_3 meanspunct
2extraextraADJDegree=Pos3 meansnsubj
3meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4overoverADP_6 topcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 topdet
6toptopNOUNNumber=Sing3 meansobl
7..PUNCT_3 meanspunct
8))PUNCT_3 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentextrathe topvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: Why does she?

copnsubjpunctrootWhyADVdoesAUXshePRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Relrootroot
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whycop
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Whynsubj
4??PUNCT_1 Whypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentextrawhy propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She's checking what the weather is like over there

nsubjauxobjdetnsubjcopcaseadvmodacl:relclrootShePRON'sAUXcheckingVERBwhatPRONtheDETweatherNOUNisAUXlikeADPoverADVthereADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 checkingnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 checkingaux
3checkingcheckVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4whatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 checkingobj
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 weatherdet
6weatherweatherNOUNNumber=Sing10 therensubj
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 therecop
8likelikeADP_9 overcase
9overoverADV_10 thereadvmod
10therethereADVPronType=Dem4 whatacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1checkpresent · progressiveShevn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
2ispresentthe weatherover, there propertytree rules

Option 2

Australia is very close

nsubjcopadvmodrootAustraliaPROPNisAUXveryADVcloseADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AustraliaAustraliaPROPNNumber=Sing4 closensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 closecop
3veryveryADV_4 closeadvmod
4closecloseADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentAustraliaclose propertytree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Friendships last across the world if you keep calling

nsubjcasedetoblmarknsubjadvclxcomprootFriendshipsNOUNlastVERBacrossADPtheDETworldNOUNifSCONJyouPRONkeepVERBcallingVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FriendshipsfriendshipNOUNNumber=Plur2 lastnsubj
2lastlastVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3acrossacrossADP_5 worldcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 worlddet
5worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing2 lastobl
6ififSCONJ_8 keepmark
7youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs8 keepnsubj
8keepkeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 lastadvcl
9callingcallVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 keepxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lastpresentFriendshipsthe worldvn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2keep a condition, not said to happenpresentyoutree rules
3callgerundyou not said herevn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She has to for her job

nsubjxcompcasenmod:possoblrootShePRONhasVERBtoPARTforADPherPRONjobNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 hasnsubj
2hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_2 hasxcomp
4forforADP_6 jobcase
5herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 jobnmod:poss
6jobjobNOUNNumber=Sing2 hasobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentShefor her jobvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2jobher = shenom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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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