Test 6 · ★★★ · Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody expla…
Siobhan's cousin: «Me mam says your mam's a right wagon» (Irish for a horrible woman). What's Siobhan's wise answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, mam, wise answer, Siobhan · What happens: say, be, answer · To what, where: right wagon · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 511 «Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody explains» 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: Siobhan's cousin: «Me mam says your mam's a right wagon» (Irish for a horrible woman).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siobhan | Siobhan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Siobhan | case |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 cousin | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| 6 | Me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 mam | compound |
| 7 | mam | mam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 mam | nmod:poss |
| 10 | mam | mam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 wagon | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 wagon | cop |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 wagon | det |
| 13 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 wagon | amod |
| 14 | wagon | wagon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | ccomp |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 wagon | punct |
| 16 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 17 Irish | punct |
| 17 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 says | ccomp |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 woman | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 woman | det |
| 20 | horrible | horrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 woman | amod |
| 21 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 Irish | obl |
| 22 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 17 Irish | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | Siobhan's cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | your mam | a right wagon | 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 Siobhan's wise answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | Siobhan | Siobhan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 answer | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Siobhan | case |
| 5 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 answer | amod |
| 6 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Siobhan's wise answer | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | answer | Siobhan | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1
«I'll go and tell my mam that»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 tell | cc |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | conj |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mam | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mam | mam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tell | obj |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 tell | ccomp |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | future | I | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | I not said here | my mam | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mam=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
«Right, we're not friends now»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 friends | punct |
| 2 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 7 friends | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Right | punct |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 friends | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 friends | cop |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 friends | advmod |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 friends | advmod |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 friends | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a in a quote | present | we | friends | now | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
«That's their row, not ours»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 row | punct |
| 2 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 row | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 row | cop |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 row | nmod:poss |
| 5 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 ours | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 ours | advmod |
| 8 | ours | our | PRON | Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 row | appos |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 ours | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | That | their row | tree rules |
Option 4
«Your mam's worse, so there»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 worse | punct |
| 2 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mam | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mam | mam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 worse | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 mam | case |
| 5 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 there | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 there | advmod |
| 8 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 worse | conj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 worse | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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