Test 6 · ★★★ · Cold parents: always on the phone Ty: «reckon my teacher knows more about me than my mum, is that weird?» («reckon» means think.) What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ty, teacher, reckon · What happens: reckon, know, be, mean, think · To what, where: more · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 495 «Cold parents: always on the phone» 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: Ty: «reckon my teacher knows more about me than my mum, is that weird?»
nsubj punct punct acl:relcl nmod:poss nsubj ccomp obj case obl case nmod:poss obl punct cop nsubj punct punct root Ty NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT reckon VERB my PRON teacher NOUN knows VERB more ADJ about ADP me PRON than ADP my PRON mum NOUN , PUNCT is AUX that PRON weird ADJ ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ty ty NOUN Number=Sing 17 weird nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 reckon punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 4 reckon punct 4 reckon reckon VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Ty acl:relcl 5 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 teacher nmod:poss 6 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 7 knows nsubj 7 knows know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 reckon ccomp 8 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 knows obj 9 about about ADP _ 10 me case 10 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 more obl 11 than than ADP _ 13 mum case 12 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 mum nmod:poss 13 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 8 more obl 14 , , PUNCT _ 1 Ty punct 15 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 weird cop 16 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 17 weird nsubj 17 weird weird ADJ Degree=Pos root root 18 ? ? PUNCT _ 17 weird punct 19 » » PUNCT _ 17 weird punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 reckon in a quote infinitive Ty not said here vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 know in a quote present my teacher more vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus 3 is in a quote present Ty weird 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: («reckon» means think.)
punct punct nsubj punct ccomp punct punct root ( PUNCT « PUNCT reckon NOUN » PUNCT means VERB think VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 « « PUNCT _ 3 reckon punct 3 reckon reckon NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 » » PUNCT _ 3 reckon punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 think think VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 means ccomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present reckon vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 think speech: other infinitive vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 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 · ← Mova's choice It means his teacher is now his real mum
nsubj nmod:poss nsubj cop advmod nmod:poss amod ccomp root It PRON means VERB his PRON teacher NOUN is AUX now ADV his PRON real ADJ mum NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 teacher nmod:poss 4 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 9 mum nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 mum cop 6 now now ADV PronType=Dem 9 mum advmod 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 mum nmod:poss 8 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 9 mum amod 9 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 means ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present It vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is a present his teacher teacher's real mum now tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer It's healthy to have a grown-up who listens
nsubj cop mark xcomp det xcomp punct compound:prt nsubj acl:relcl root It PRON 's AUX healthy ADJ to PART have VERB a DET grown VERB - PUNCT up ADP who PRON listens VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 healthy nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 healthy cop 3 healthy healthy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to PART _ 5 have mark 5 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 healthy xcomp 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 grown det 7 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 have xcomp 8 - - PUNCT _ 9 up punct 9 up up ADP _ 7 grown compound:prt 10 who who PRON PronType=Rel 11 listens nsubj 11 listens listen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 grown acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It healthy property tree rules 2 have to-infinitive tree rules 3 grow up participle vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 listen present vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
Option 3 It's a secret he must never tell anyone
nsubj cop det nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl obj root It PRON 's AUX a DET secret NOUN he PRON must AUX never ADV tell VERB anyone PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 secret nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 secret cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 secret det 4 secret secret NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 tell nsubj 6 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 tell aux 7 never never ADV PronType=Neg 8 tell advmod 8 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 secret acl:relcl 9 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 8 tell obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It a secret tree rules 2 not tell speech: assert must he a secret not said here anyone vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient
Option 4 It's weird, so he should stop talking to her
nsubj cop punct advmod nsubj aux conj xcomp case obl root It PRON 's AUX weird ADJ , PUNCT so ADV he PRON should AUX stop VERB talking VERB to ADP her PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 weird nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 weird cop 3 weird weird ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 stop punct 5 so so ADV _ 8 stop advmod 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 stop nsubj 7 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 stop aux 8 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 weird conj 9 talking talk VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 stop xcomp 10 to to ADP _ 11 her case 11 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 talking obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It weird property tree rules 2 stop should he vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 3 talk gerund he not said here her = she vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent
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