Test 12 · ★★ · «Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes
Darius says «None of your business, bruh». Was that rude?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Darius · What happens: say · To what, where: None · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 524 ««Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes» 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: Darius says «None of your business, bruh».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darius | Darius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 None | punct |
| 4 | None | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 2 says | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 business | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 business | nmod:poss |
| 7 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 None | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bruh | punct |
| 9 | bruh | bruh | INTJ | _ | 4 None | discourse |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 None | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Darius | None | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent none=Topic |
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: Was that rude?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Was | was | SCONJ | _ | 3 rude | mark |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 rude | nsubj |
| 3 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 rude | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, he must always answer every question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 answer | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 answer | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 answer | aux |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 answer | advmod |
| 6 | answer | answer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 question | det |
| 8 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 answer | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | must | he | every question | always property | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's a fair answer to a nosy question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 answer | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 answer | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 answer | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 answer | det |
| 6 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 answer | amod |
| 7 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 question | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 question | det |
| 10 | nosy | nosy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 question | amod |
| 11 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 answer | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a fair answer | to a nosy question | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, he should have said the whole story
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | aux |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | aux |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 story | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 story | amod |
| 9 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should · perfect | he | the whole story | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent story=Topic |
Option 4
No, but he must apologise straight after to the kid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 apologise | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 apologise | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 apologise | cc |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 apologise | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 apologise | aux |
| 6 | apologise | apologise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 6 apologise | advmod |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 kid | case |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 kid | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 kid | det |
| 11 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 apologise | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apologise speech: apologize | must | he | after the kid | straight property | tree rules |
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