Test 4 · What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religion…
Callum's Yorkshire gran: "Nowt more British than a cuppa, love." ("Nowt" means nothing.) What's the gentle correction?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nowt, gentle correction · What happens: mean, be · To what, where: nothing
This is test 4 of lesson 71 «What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religions and diseases» of the history 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: Callum's Yorkshire gran: "Nowt more British than a cuppa, love."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Callum | Callum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 gran | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Callum | case |
| 3 | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 gran | compound |
| 4 | gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 British | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 British | punct |
| 7 | Nowt | nowt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 more | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 British | advmod |
| 9 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gran | conj |
| 10 | than | than | ADP | _ | 12 cuppa | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 cuppa | det |
| 12 | cuppa | cuppa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 British | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 love | punct |
| 14 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 cuppa | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gran | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 gran | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: ("Nowt" means nothing.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Nowt | punct |
| 3 | Nowt | nowt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Nowt | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 means | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Nowt | nothing | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
Sentence 3: What's the gentle correction?
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 correction | det |
| 4 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 correction | amod |
| 5 | correction | correction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the gentle correction | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tea came to Britain from Brazil along with coffee
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 Britain | case |
| 4 | Britain | Britain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obl |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Brazil | case |
| 6 | Brazil | Brazil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obl |
| 7 | along | along | ADV | _ | 2 came | advmod |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 coffee | case |
| 9 | coffee | coffee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Tea | Britain | Brazil | with coffee; along property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to britain=Initial_Location from brazil=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Tea is Chinese; Britain only got it in the 1600s
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Chinese | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 Chinese | cop |
| 3 | Chinese | Chinese | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 got | punct |
| 5 | Britain | Britain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 got | nsubj |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 got | advmod |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 Chinese | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 got | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 1600s | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 1600s | det |
| 11 | 1600s | 1600 | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | 7 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Tea | chinese property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | past | Britain | Tea | the 1600s | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 3
Gran is right, love: tea grows wild all over Yorkshire
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 love | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 love | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 love | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 love | punct |
| 5 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 grows | punct |
| 7 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 grows | nsubj |
| 8 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 love | acl:relcl |
| 9 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 grows | xcomp |
| 10 | all | all | ADV | _ | 12 Yorkshire | advmod |
| 11 | over | over | ADP | _ | 12 Yorkshire | case |
| 12 | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 grows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Gran | right love | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | present | tea | right love not said here | Yorkshire | wild property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location love=Theme |
Option 4
Tea was invented in a London shop in 1900 by a grocer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 invented | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 invented | aux:pass |
| 3 | invented | invent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 shop | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shop | det |
| 6 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 shop | compound |
| 7 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 invented | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 1900 | case |
| 9 | 1900 | 1900 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 invented | obl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 grocer | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 grocer | det |
| 12 | grocer | grocer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 invented | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past · passive | a grocer | Tea | a London shop | in 1900 | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |
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