Test 5 · Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and o…

Sofia sees tin-roof homes on telly. Her cousin: "They just like living like that, it's their vibe." Fairer view?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sofia, homes, cousin · What happens: see, live, be · To what, where: roof homes, telly, cousin, vibe

This is test 5 of lesson 74 «Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and of today» 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: Sofia sees tin-roof homes on telly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sofia	sofia	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sees	nsubj
2	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 roof	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 tin	punct
5	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 homes	compound
6	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sees	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 telly	case
8	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 homes	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	Sofia	roof homes		telly			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer home=Stimulus

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: Her cousin: "They just like living like that, it's their vibe."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 cousin	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 living	punct
5	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 living	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	8 living	advmod
7	like	like	SCONJ	_	8 living	mark
8	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 cousin	acl
9	like	like	ADP	_	10 that	case
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 living	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 vibe	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 vibe	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 vibe	cop
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 vibe	nmod:poss
15	vibe	vibe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cousin	appos
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 vibe	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 vibe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live in a quote	gerund	homes = home	Sofia's cousin not said here				like Sofia's cousin	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme cousin=Location
2	is a in a quote	present	cousin	homes's vibe					tree rules

Sentence 3: Fairer view?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fairer	fair	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 view	amod
2	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 view	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

People choose them because they love the sound of rain on their tin roofs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 choose	nsubj
2	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 choose	obj
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 love	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 love	nsubj
6	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 choose	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sound	det
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 love	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 rain	case
10	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sound	nmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 roofs	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 roofs	nmod:poss
13	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 roofs	compound
14	roofs	roof	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 love	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present	People	them = they					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	love	present	People	the sound of rain		People's tin roofs			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus

Option 2

Such homes only exist in films and on telly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 homes	amod
2	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 exist	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 exist	advmod
4	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 films	case
6	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 exist	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 telly	cc
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 telly	case
9	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 films	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	Such homes			films and telly			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cities grow faster than proper homes, pipes and roads can be built

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 grow	advmod
4	than	than	ADP	_	6 homes	case
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 homes	amod
6	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pipes	punct
8	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 homes	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 roads	cc
10	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 homes	conj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 built	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 built	aux:pass
13	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 grow	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Cities					than proper homes and pipes and roads; fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	build	can · passive	Cities not said here						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»

Option 4

They are holiday cabins for tourists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cabins	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cabins	cop
3	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cabins	compound
4	cabins	cabin	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 tourists	case
6	tourists	tourist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cabins	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	holiday cabins				for tourists	tree rules

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