Test 8 · ★★ · Shouty parents and bad days
Cody: «she yells «get your butt in here» like ten times a day but she's cool». Which shows something different from just loud?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cody · What happens: yell, get, be, show · To what, where: Cody, butt, something · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Cody: «she yells «get your butt in here» like ten times a day but she's cool».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cody | Cody | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 yells | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 yells | punct |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 yells | nsubj |
| 5 | yells | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Cody | acl:relcl |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 get | punct |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 yells | ccomp |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 butt | nmod:poss |
| 9 | butt | butt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 here | case |
| 11 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 get | advmod |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 here | punct |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 times | case |
| 14 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 times | nummod |
| 15 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 get | obl |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 day | det |
| 17 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 times | nmod:unmarked |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 cool | cc |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 cool | nsubj |
| 20 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 cool | cop |
| 21 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | conj |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 get | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cody | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express in a quote | present | Cody | Cody not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | your butt | time | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer butt=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Cody | cool property | 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: Which shows something different from just loud?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 shows | obj |
| 4 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 something | amod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 loud | case |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 loud | advmod |
| 7 | loud | loud | ADV | _ | 4 different | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | something | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A mum who yells across the house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 mum | det |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 yells | nsubj |
| 4 | yells | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 mum | acl:relcl |
| 5 | across | across | ADP | _ | 7 house | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 house | det |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 yells | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | present | a mum | the house | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
A family that's always noisy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 noisy | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 noisy | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 noisy | advmod |
| 6 | noisy | noisy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 family | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a family | always, noisy property | tree rules |
Option 3
A mum who shouts at dinner time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 mum | det |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 shouts | nsubj |
| 4 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 mum | acl:relcl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 time | case |
| 6 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 time | compound |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shouts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | a mum | time | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A child who's scared to go home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 scared | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 scared | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 scared | cop |
| 5 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 go | mark |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 scared | advcl |
| 8 | home | home | ADV | _ | 7 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a child | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | to-infinitive | a child not said here | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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