Test 4 · ★ · Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away
Dafydd's cousin: «go on, nick us some sweets, it's only a Mars, don't be a baby». What's right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin · What happens: go on, nick, be, do, not be · To what, where: sweets, us, Mars, baby
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 510 «Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away» 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: Dafydd's cousin: «go on, nick us some sweets, it's only a Mars, don't be a baby».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dafydd | Dafydd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Dafydd | case |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 go | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 go | punct |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 cousin | parataxis |
| 7 | on | on | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 nick | punct |
| 9 | nick | nick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | conj |
| 10 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 nick | obj |
| 11 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 sweets | det |
| 12 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 nick | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Mars | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 Mars | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 Mars | cop |
| 16 | only | only | ADV | _ | 18 Mars | advmod |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 Mars | det |
| 18 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 go | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 do | punct |
| 20 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | conj |
| 21 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 24 baby | advmod |
| 22 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 24 baby | cop |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 baby | det |
| 24 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 do | obl |
| 25 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 go | punct |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cousin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on in a quote | infinitive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | nick in a quote | infinitive | some sweets | us | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary sweet=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | cousin | a Mars | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | do in a quote | infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | not is a in a quote | infinitive | a baby | 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: What's right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Do it just this once so you fit in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Do | obj |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 this | advmod |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Do | obj |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Do | advmod |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 8 fit | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 fit | nsubj |
| 8 | fit | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Do | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 fit | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | it | once property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | fit in | present | you | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Do it, he's family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Do | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 family | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 family | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 family | cop |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | he | family | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Say no, even to family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 1 Say | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 family | punct |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 family | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 family | case |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | family | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to family=Recipient |
Option 4
Nick a small one so nobody notices
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick | Nick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 notices | nsubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 one | det |
| 3 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 one | amod |
| 4 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nick | appos |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 notices | advmod |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 notices | nsubj |
| 7 | notices | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | present | Nick | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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