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Test 10 · The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad

Mateo's friend: «your abuela's tamales are bussin', no cap». Abuela doesn't know the word. Why does she laugh and give them more?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tamales, Abuela · What happens: be, not know, laugh, give · To what, where: word, more, tamales

This is test 10 of lesson 512 «The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad» 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: Mateo's friend: «your abuela's tamales are bussin', no cap».

nmod:posscasepunctpunctnmod:possnmod:posscasensubjcopparataxiscasedetnsubjpunctpunctrootMateoPROPN'sPARTfriendNOUN:PUNCT«PUNCTyourPRONabuelaNOUN'sPARTtamalesNOUNareAUXbussinADJ',PARTnoDETcapNOUN»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MateoMateoPROPNNumber=Sing3 friendnmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Mateocase
3friendfriendNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4::PUNCT_11 bussinpunct
5««PUNCT_11 bussinpunct
6youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 abuelanmod:poss
7abuelaabuelaNOUNNumber=Sing9 tamalesnmod:poss
8's'sPART_7 abuelacase
9tamalestamaleNOUNNumber=Plur11 bussinnsubj
10arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 bussincop
11bussinbussinADJDegree=Pos3 friendparataxis
12',',PART_11 bussincase
13nonoDETPronType=Neg14 capdet
14capcapNOUNNumber=Sing11 bussinnsubj
15»»PUNCT_11 bussinpunct
16..PUNCT_3 friendpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is in a quotepresentyour abuela's tamalesbussin propertytree 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: Abuela doesn't know the word.

nsubjauxadvmoddetobjpunctrootAbuelaPROPNdoesAUXn'tPARTknowVERBtheDETwordNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AbuelaAbuelaPROPNNumber=Sing4 knownsubj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 knowaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 knowadvmod
4knowknowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 worddet
6wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing4 knowobj
7..PUNCT_4 knowpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not knowpresent · do-supportAbuelathe wordvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus

Sentence 3: Why does she laugh and give them more?

advmodauxnsubjccconjiobjobjpunctrootWhyADVdoesAUXshePRONlaughVERBandCCONJgiveVERBthemPRONmoreADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int4 laughadvmod
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 laughaux
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 laughnsubj
4laughlaughVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5andandCCONJ_6 givecc
6givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf4 laughconj
7themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs6 giveiobj
8moremoreADJDegree=Cmp6 giveobj
9??PUNCT_4 laughpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1laughpresent · do-supportabuelavn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2giveinfinitiveabuela not said heremoretamales = tamalevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient more=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She thinks they're being rude

nsubjnsubjcopcopccomprootShePRONthinksVERBtheyPRON'reAUXbeingAUXrudeADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 thinksnsubj
2thinksthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs6 rudensubj
4'rebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 rudecop
5beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 rudecop
6ruderudeADJDegree=Pos2 thinksccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpresentShevn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2ispresenttheyrude propertytree rules

Option 2

She wants them to go home

nsubjobjmarkxcompadvmodrootShePRONwantsVERBthemPRONtoPARTgoVERBhomeADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 wantsnsubj
2wantswantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 wantsobj
4totoPART_5 gomark
5gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf2 wantsxcomp
6homehomeADV_5 goadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wantpresentShethem = theytree rules
2go not said to happento-infinitivethem = they not said herehome propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She doesn't care what they say

nsubjauxadvmodobjnsubjccomprootShePRONdoesAUXn'tPARTcareVERBwhatPRONtheyPRONsayVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 carensubj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 careaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 careadvmod
4carecareVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5whatwhatPRONPronType=Int7 sayobj
6theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs7 saynsubj
7saysayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 careccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not carepresent · do-supportShevn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2say speech: assertpresenttheyvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She can tell they love her food

nsubjauxnsubjccompobjobjrootShePRONcanAUXtellVERBtheyPRONloveVERBherPRONfoodNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 tellnsubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin3 tellaux
3telltellVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs5 lovensubj
5loveloveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 tellccomp
6hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 loveobj
7foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing5 loveobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertcanShevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2lovepresenttheyher = shetree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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