Test 1 · ★★ · Hiding it from friends: being skint at school
«my mates have all got Air Max, I'll just say mine are in the wash, easy». What will probably happen?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mates, I, mine · What happens: get, say, be, happen · To what, where: Air Max, wash · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 489 «Hiding it from friends: being skint at school» 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: «my mates have all got Air Max, I'll just say mine are in the wash, easy».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mates | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 got | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | aux |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 got | advmod |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 say | csubj |
| 7 | Air | Air | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Max | compound |
| 8 | Max | Max | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 say | nsubj |
| 11 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 say | aux |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 say | advmod |
| 13 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 wash | nsubj |
| 15 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 wash | cop |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 wash | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 wash | det |
| 18 | wash | wash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 say | ccomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 easy | punct |
| 20 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 wash | amod |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 easy | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · perfect | my mates | Air Max | all property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer max=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | future | I | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | mine | the wash | 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 will probably happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | future | probably property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The fib will work forever, nobody checks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fib | det |
| 2 | fib | fib | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 work | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 work | aux |
| 4 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 4 work | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 checks | punct |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 checks | nsubj |
| 8 | checks | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 work | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | future | the fib | forever property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | check | present | nobody | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Her mates will buy her the trainers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mates | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 buy | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 buy | aux |
| 4 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 buy | iobj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 trainers | det |
| 7 | trainers | trainer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 buy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | future | Her mates | the trainers | her = she | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary trainer=Theme |
Option 3
Her trainers will turn into Air Max
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 trainers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | trainers | trainer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 turn | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 turn | aux |
| 4 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 Max | case |
| 6 | Air | Air | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Max | compound |
| 7 | Max | Max | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | future | Her trainers | into Air Max result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into max=Result |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The fib will need more fibs and get tiring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fib | det |
| 2 | fib | fib | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 need | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 need | aux |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 fibs | amod |
| 6 | fibs | fib | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 need | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 get | cc |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 need | conj |
| 9 | tiring | tiring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | future | the fib | more fibs | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fib=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | the fib not said here | tiring property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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