Test 8 · ★ · Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult
Everett's buddy says, «Your pop yells 'cause you're annoying, bro». What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: buddy, pop yells, Your · What happens: say, be, yell · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 497 «Tired, sad or drinking parents: tell a trusted adult» 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: Everett's buddy says, «Your pop yells 'cause you're annoying, bro».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everett | Everett | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 buddy | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Everett | case |
| 3 | buddy | buddy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 annoying | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 annoying | punct |
| 7 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 yells | nmod:poss |
| 8 | pop | pop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 yells | compound |
| 9 | yells | yell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 annoying | nsubj |
| 10 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 9 yells | case |
| 11 | cause | cause | SCONJ | _ | 12 you | case |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 annoying | nsubj |
| 13 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 annoying | cop |
| 14 | annoying | annoying | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bro | punct |
| 16 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 annoying | vocative |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 annoying | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Everett's buddy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Your pop yells | bro vocative; annoying property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | yell in a quote | Your | nom yell «communication intransitive»: poss=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: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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 · ✓ the right answer
Drinking changes how people act; it isn't Everett's fault
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drinking | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 act | advmod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 act | nsubj |
| 5 | act | act | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 changes | ccomp |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 fault | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 fault | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 fault | cop |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 fault | advmod |
| 10 | Everett | Everett | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 fault | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Everett | case |
| 12 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 changes | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | gerund | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | change | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | act | present | people | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | not is a | present | it | Everett's fault | tree rules |
Option 2
Everett must be the reason his dad drinks every night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everett | Everett | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 reason | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 reason | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dad | nmod:poss |
| 7 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drinks | nsubj |
| 8 | drinks | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | acl:relcl |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 night | det |
| 10 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drinks | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | must | Everett | the reason | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drink | present | Everett's dad | the reason not said here | night | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient |
Option 3
Everett should be quieter, then the yelling will stop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everett | Everett | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 quieter | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 quieter | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 quieter | cop |
| 4 | quieter | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 stop | punct |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 stop | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 yelling | det |
| 8 | yelling | yelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stop | nsubj |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 stop | aux |
| 10 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 quieter | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | should | Everett | quiet property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stop | future | the yelling | then | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4
All dads yell at night, so it's nothing to talk about
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 dads | det |
| 2 | dads | dad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 yell | nsubj |
| 3 | yell | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 night | case |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 yell | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 nothing | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 nothing | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 nothing | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 nothing | cop |
| 10 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 yell | parataxis |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 talk | mark |
| 12 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 nothing | acl |
| 13 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | present | all dads | night | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | nothing | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | talk about | to-infinitive | all dads not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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