Test 11 · ★★ · Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours
Cosmo's mate: «ur parents r loaded and u only get a fiver? tight». What's the likely reason?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, likely reason · What happens: load, get, be · To what, where: parents, fiver
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 492 «Friends who only come for the pool: rich kids and rumours» 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: Cosmo's mate: «ur parents r loaded and u only get a fiver? tight».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cosmo | Cosmo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Cosmo | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 loaded | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 loaded | punct |
| 6 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 parents | nmod:poss |
| 7 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 loaded | nsubj |
| 8 | r | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 loaded | aux:pass |
| 9 | loaded | load | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 mate | acl:relcl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 get | cc |
| 11 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 get | nsubj |
| 12 | only | only | ADV | _ | 13 get | advmod |
| 13 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 loaded | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 fiver | det |
| 15 | fiver | fiver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 get | obj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 17 tight | punct |
| 17 | tight | tight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 get | xcomp |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 tight | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | load in a quote | present · passive | ur's parents | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present | u | a fiver | tight property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fiver=Stimulus |
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's the likely reason?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the likely reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
They don't love Cosmo very much
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 love | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 love | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 love | advmod |
| 4 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | Cosmo | Cosmo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 love | obj |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 much | advmod |
| 7 | much | much | ADV | _ | 4 love | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not love | present · do-support | They | Cosmo | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cosmo=Stimulus |
Option 2
They forgot to give him the rest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 give | mark |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 forgot | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | iobj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rest | det |
| 7 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | They | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not give | to-infinitive | They not said here | the rest | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient rest=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They want to keep his life normal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 want | nsubj |
| 2 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 keep | mark |
| 4 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 want | xcomp |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 life | nmod:poss |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keep | obj |
| 7 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | They | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep not said to happen | to-infinitive | They not said here | his life | normal property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme |
Option 4
They are secretly poor and hiding it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 poor | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 poor | cop |
| 3 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 4 poor | advmod |
| 4 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hiding | cc |
| 6 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 poor | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hiding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | poor, secretly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | gerund | They not said here | it | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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