Test 9 · ★★ · Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did
«our street and Station Road hate each other, always will, innit». What does the street party show?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: street · What happens: hate, innit, do · To what, where: each
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 484 «Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did» 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: «our street and Station Road hate each other, always will, innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 hate | punct |
| 2 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 street | nmod:poss |
| 3 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hate | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 Road | cc |
| 5 | Station | Station | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Road | compound |
| 6 | Road | Road | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 street | conj |
| 7 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 7 hate | obj |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 each | fixed |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 will | punct |
| 11 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 12 will | advmod |
| 12 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 hate | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 innit | punct |
| 14 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hate | conj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 hate | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 hate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate in a quote | present | our street and Station Road | each | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | innit in a quote | infinitive | our street and Station Road not said here | 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: What does the street party show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 show | det |
| 4 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 party | compound |
| 5 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 show | compound |
| 6 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Peace between groups is possible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 possible | nsubj |
| 2 | between | between | ADP | _ | 3 groups | case |
| 3 | groups | group | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Peace | nmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 possible | cop |
| 5 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Peace between groups | possible property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The streets still hate each other
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 streets | det |
| 2 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hate | nsubj |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 hate | advmod |
| 4 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 4 hate | obj |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 each | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | the streets | each | still | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus |
Option 3
Parties make fights worse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fights | fight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | obj |
| 4 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Parties | fights | bad property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fight=Product |
Option 4
Bouncy castles cause wars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bouncy | bouncy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 castles | amod |
| 2 | castles | castle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cause | nsubj |
| 3 | cause | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | wars | war | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cause | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | present | Bouncy castles | wars | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition war=Patient |
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