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:poss case punct punct nmod:poss nmod:poss case nsubj cop parataxis case det nsubj punct punct root Mateo PROPN 's PART friend NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT your PRON abuela NOUN 's PART tamales NOUN are AUX bussin ADJ ', PART no DET cap NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mateo Mateo PROPN Number=Sing 3 friend nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Mateo case 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 11 bussin punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 11 bussin punct 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 abuela nmod:poss 7 abuela abuela NOUN Number=Sing 9 tamales nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 abuela case 9 tamales tamale NOUN Number=Plur 11 bussin nsubj 10 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 bussin cop 11 bussin bussin ADJ Degree=Pos 3 friend parataxis 12 ', ', PART _ 11 bussin case 13 no no DET PronType=Neg 14 cap det 14 cap cap NOUN Number=Sing 11 bussin nsubj 15 » » PUNCT _ 11 bussin punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 3 friend punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present your abuela's tamales bussin 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: Abuela doesn't know the word.
nsubj aux advmod det obj punct root Abuela PROPN does AUX n't PART know VERB the DET word NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Abuela Abuela PROPN Number=Sing 4 know nsubj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 know aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 know advmod 4 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 word det 6 word word NOUN Number=Sing 4 know obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 know punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not know present · do-support Abuela the word vn 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?
advmod aux nsubj cc conj iobj obj punct root Why ADV does AUX she PRON laugh VERB and CCONJ give VERB them PRON more ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 laugh advmod 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 laugh aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 laugh nsubj 4 laugh laugh VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 give cc 6 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 laugh conj 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 give iobj 8 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 give obj 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 laugh punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh present · do-support abuela vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2 give infinitive abuela not said here more tamales = tamale vn 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
nsubj nsubj cop cop ccomp root She PRON thinks VERB they PRON 're AUX being AUX rude ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 thinks nsubj 2 thinks think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 rude nsubj 4 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 rude cop 5 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 rude cop 6 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 2 thinks ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other present She vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2 is present they rude property tree rules
Option 2 She wants them to go home
nsubj obj mark xcomp advmod root She PRON wants VERB them PRON to PART go VERB home ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 wants nsubj 2 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 wants obj 4 to to PART _ 5 go mark 5 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 wants xcomp 6 home home ADV _ 5 go advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want present She them = they tree rules
2 go not said to happen to-infinitive them = they not said here home property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 She doesn't care what they say
nsubj aux advmod obj nsubj ccomp root She PRON does AUX n't PART care VERB what PRON they PRON say VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 care nsubj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 care aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 care advmod 4 care care VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 what what PRON PronType=Int 7 say obj 6 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 say nsubj 7 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 care ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not care present · do-support She vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2 say speech: assert present they vn 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
nsubj aux nsubj ccomp obj obj root She PRON can AUX tell VERB they PRON love VERB her PRON food NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 tell nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 tell aux 3 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 love nsubj 5 love love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 tell ccomp 6 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 love obj 7 food food NOUN Number=Sing 5 love obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert can She vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2 love present they her = she tree rules
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