Test 12 · ★★★ · Thinking cleverly about people

dad's been grumpy all wk, did i do something??

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, i · What happens: be, do · To what, where: something

This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grumpy	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grumpy	cop
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 grumpy	cop
4	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 wk	det
6	wk	wk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grumpy	obl:unmarked
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 do	punct
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 do	aux
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 do	nsubj
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 grumpy	conj
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 do	obj
12	??	??	PUNCT	_	4 grumpy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	dad					all wk obl:unmarked; grumpy property	tree rules
2	do	past · do-support	i	something					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, grumpy people are always cross at you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 cross	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cross	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cross	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 cross	advmod
7	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 cross	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	grumpy people					at you; always, cross property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, he must be angry with you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 angry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 angry	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 angry	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 angry	cop
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 you	case
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 angry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	he					with you; angry property	tree rules

Option 3

No, grumpy people never have a reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 grumpy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 have	advmod
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	present	grumpy people	a reason					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Maybe not, tired or worried people get grumpy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	_	4 tired	advmod
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 tired	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tired	punct
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 worried	cc
6	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tired	conj
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 get	nsubj
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	tired people					grumpy property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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