Test 12 · ★★ · The electric meter, the food bank and «we can't afford it» Osian's mum works till 10. His friend says, «u can do what u want, lucky». What's more true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, friend, u · What happens: work, say, do, want, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 488 «The electric meter, the food bank and «we can't afford it»» 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: Osian's mum works till 10.
nmod:poss case nsubj case obl punct root Osian PROPN 's PART mum NOUN works VERB till ADP 10 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Osian Osian PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Osian case 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 4 works nsubj 4 works work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 till till ADP _ 6 10 case 6 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 works obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 works punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 work present Osian's mum till 10 vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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: His friend says, «u can do what u want, lucky».
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct nsubj aux ccomp obj nsubj ccomp punct conj punct punct root His PRON friend NOUN says VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT u PRON can AUX do VERB what PRON u PRON want VERB , PUNCT lucky ADJ » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 friend nmod:poss 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 do punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 8 do punct 6 u you PRON Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 do nsubj 7 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 do aux 8 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 says ccomp 9 what what PRON PronType=Int 11 want obj 10 u you PRON Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 want nsubj 11 want want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 do ccomp 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 lucky punct 13 lucky lucky ADJ Degree=Pos 8 do conj 14 » » PUNCT _ 8 do punct 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Osian's friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 do in a quote can u tree rules 3 want in a quote present u vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
Sentence 3: What's more true?
nsubj cop amod punct root What PRON 's AUX more ADJ true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 true cop 3 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 true amod 4 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 Being alone every night is just fun and nothing else
cop advmod det nsubj cop advmod cc conj advmod root Being AUX alone ADV every DET night NOUN is AUX just ADV fun ADJ and CCONJ nothing PRON else ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 fun cop 2 alone alone ADV _ 1 Being advmod 3 every every DET PronType=Tot 4 night det 4 night night NOUN Number=Sing 7 fun nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 fun cop 6 just just ADV _ 7 fun advmod 7 fun fun ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 nothing cc 9 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 7 fun conj 10 else else ADV _ 9 nothing advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is gerund every night fun property tree rules
Option 2 He should invite mates round while Mum's at work
nsubj aux obj advmod mark nsubj cop case advcl root He PRON should AUX invite VERB mates NOUN round ADV while SCONJ Mum PROPN 's AUX at ADP work NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 invite nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 invite aux 3 invite invite VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 mates mate NOUN Number=Plur 3 invite obj 5 round round ADV _ 3 invite advmod 6 while while SCONJ _ 10 work mark 7 Mum Mum PROPN Number=Sing 10 work nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 work cop 9 at at ADP _ 10 work case 10 work work NOUN Number=Sing 3 invite advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 invite should He mates round property vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Recipient 2 is present Mum work tree rules
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Kids are meant to look after themselves at night
nsubj:pass aux:pass mark xcomp case obl case obl root Kids NOUN are AUX meant VERB to PART look VERB after ADP themselves PRON at ADP night NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 3 meant nsubj:pass 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 meant aux:pass 3 meant mean VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 to to PART _ 5 look mark 5 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 meant xcomp 6 after after ADP _ 7 themselves case 7 themselves themselves PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 5 look obl 8 at at ADP _ 9 night case 9 night night NOUN Number=Sing 5 look obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present · passive Kids tree rules 2 look not said to happen to-infinitive after Kids = kid ; night vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Being alone a lot is hard, and grown-ups should know
cop advmod det nsubj cop punct cc amod punct nsubj aux conj root Being AUX alone ADV a DET lot NOUN is AUX hard ADJ , PUNCT and CCONJ grown VERB - PUNCT ups NOUN should AUX know VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 hard cop 2 alone alone ADV _ 6 hard advmod 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 lot det 4 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 6 hard nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 hard cop 6 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 13 know punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 13 know cc 9 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 11 ups amod 10 - - PUNCT _ 9 grown punct 11 ups up NOUN Number=Plur 13 know nsubj 12 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 13 know aux 13 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 hard conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is gerund a lot alone, hard property tree rules 2 grow participle vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 know should grown ups vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
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