Test 2 · ★★ · Shouty parents and bad days Seamus's friend: «your da's lost it, he's screaming». Seamus: «he's at the ref». What's the difference that matters?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Seamus, difference · What happens: lose, scream, be, matter · To what, where: da, ref, difference
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 494 «Shouty parents and bad days» 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: Seamus's friend: «your da's lost it, he's screaming».
nmod:poss case punct punct nmod:poss nsubj:pass aux:pass acl:relcl obj punct nsubj aux advcl punct punct root Seamus PROPN 's PART friend NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT your PRON da NOUN 's AUX lost VERB it PRON , PUNCT he PRON 's AUX screaming VERB » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Seamus Seamus PROPN Number=Sing 3 friend nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Seamus case 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 9 lost punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 9 lost punct 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 da nmod:poss 7 da da NOUN Number=Sing 9 lost nsubj:pass 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 lost aux:pass 9 lost lose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 friend acl:relcl 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 lost obj 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 screaming punct 12 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 screaming nsubj 13 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 screaming aux 14 screaming scream VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 lost advcl 15 » » PUNCT _ 14 screaming punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 3 friend punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lose in a quote present · passive Seamus's friend not said here your da tree rules 2 scream speech: express in a quote present · progressive Seamus vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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: Seamus: «he's at the ref».
punct punct nsubj cop case det appos punct punct root Seamus PROPN : PUNCT « PUNCT he PRON 's AUX at ADP the DET ref NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Seamus Seamus PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Seamus punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 8 ref punct 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 ref nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 ref cop 6 at at ADP _ 8 ref case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 ref det 8 ref ref NOUN Number=Sing 1 Seamus appos 9 » » PUNCT _ 8 ref punct 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Seamus punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present Seamus the ref tree rules
Sentence 3: What's the difference that matters?
nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET difference NOUN that PRON matters VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 difference nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 difference cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 difference det 4 difference difference NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 6 matters nsubj 6 matters matter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 difference acl:relcl 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 difference punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the difference tree rules 2 matter present the difference vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
The options Option 1 There's no difference, all shouting's the same
expl det nsubj punct det nsubj cop det conj root There PRON 's VERB no DET difference NOUN , PUNCT all DET shouting NOUN 's AUX the DET same ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 's expl 2 's be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 no no DET PronType=Neg 4 difference det 4 difference difference NOUN Number=Sing 2 's nsubj 5 , , PUNCT _ 10 same punct 6 all all DET PronType=Tot 7 shouting det 7 shouting shouting NOUN Number=Sing 10 same nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 same cop 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 same det 10 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 2 's conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 be present no difference there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is present all shouting same property tree rules
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Shouting at a game isn't shouting at people
csubj case det obl aux advmod case obl root Shouting VERB at ADP a DET game NOUN is AUX n't PART shouting VERB at ADP people NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shouting shout VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 shouting csubj 2 at at ADP _ 4 game case 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 game det 4 game game NOUN Number=Sing 1 Shouting obl 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 shouting aux 6 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 7 shouting advmod 7 shouting shout VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 8 at at ADP _ 9 people case 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 7 shouting obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shout speech: express gerund a game vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 not shout speech: express present · progressive Shouting at people vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Shouting at the telly means he's cross at Seamus
csubj case det obl nsubj cop ccomp case obl root Shouting VERB at ADP the DET telly NOUN means VERB he PRON 's AUX cross ADJ at ADP Seamus PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shouting shout VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 means csubj 2 at at ADP _ 4 telly case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 telly det 4 telly telly NOUN Number=Sing 1 Shouting obl 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 cross nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 cross cop 8 cross cross ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means ccomp 9 at at ADP _ 10 Seamus case 10 Seamus Seamus PROPN Number=Sing 8 cross obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shout speech: express gerund the telly vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 mean present Shouting vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 3 is present he Seamus cross property tree rules
Option 4 Shouting at a game is always more dangerous
csubj case det obl cop advmod advmod root Shouting VERB at ADP a DET game NOUN is AUX always ADV more ADV dangerous ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shouting shout VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 dangerous csubj 2 at at ADP _ 4 game case 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 game det 4 game game NOUN Number=Sing 1 Shouting obl 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 dangerous cop 6 always always ADV PronType=Tot 7 more advmod 7 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 8 dangerous advmod 8 dangerous dangerous ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shout speech: express gerund a game vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present Shouting dangerous property tree rules
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