Test 6 · What language is: sounds, words and rules everyone shares A Gen Z lad says "lowkey most people only speak one language, it's giving one-language world." ("Lowkey" means "a bit, quietly", "it's giving" means "it seems like".) Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Z lad, most people, lad, Lowkey, bit, giving · What happens: say, speak, give, mean, seem, be · To what, where: lowkey, language world, bit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 of lesson 1 «What language is: sounds, words and rules everyone shares» of the language 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: A Gen Z lad says "lowkey most people only speak one language, it's giving one-language world."
det compound compound nsubj punct obl amod nsubj advmod ccomp nummod obj punct nsubj aux ccomp nummod punct compound obj punct punct root A DET Gen NOUN Z NOUN lad NOUN says VERB " PUNCT lowkey NOUN most ADJ people NOUN only ADV speak VERB one NUM language NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX giving VERB one NUM - PUNCT language NOUN world NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 lad det 2 Gen gen NOUN Number=Sing 3 Z compound 3 Z z NOUN Number=Sing 4 lad compound 4 lad lad NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 7 lowkey punct 7 lowkey lowkey NOUN Number=Sing 11 speak obl 8 most most ADJ Degree=Sup 9 people amod 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 11 speak nsubj 10 only only ADV _ 11 speak advmod 11 speak speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 says ccomp 12 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 13 language nummod 13 language language NOUN Number=Sing 11 speak obj 14 , , PUNCT _ 17 giving punct 15 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 giving nsubj 16 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 giving aux 17 giving give VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 says ccomp 18 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 20 language nummod 19 - - PUNCT _ 18 one punct 20 language language NOUN Number=Sing 21 world compound 21 world world NOUN Number=Sing 17 giving obj 22 . . PUNCT _ 17 giving punct 23 " " PUNCT _ 17 giving punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Z lad vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 speak speech: other in a quote present most people lowkey tree rules 3 give in a quote present · progressive lad language world vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Theme
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: ("Lowkey" means "a bit, quietly", "it's giving" means "it seems like".)
punct punct nsubj punct punct det obj punct advmod punct punct punct nsubj aux csubj punct parataxis punct nsubj ccomp mark punct punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Lowkey PROPN " PUNCT means VERB " PUNCT a DET bit NOUN , PUNCT quietly ADV " PUNCT , PUNCT " PUNCT it PRON 's AUX giving VERB " PUNCT means VERB " PUNCT it PRON seems VERB like SCONJ " PUNCT . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lowkey punct 3 Lowkey Lowkey PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lowkey punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 bit punct 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 bit det 8 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 quietly punct 10 quietly quietly ADV _ 8 bit advmod 11 " " PUNCT _ 8 bit punct 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 giving punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 16 giving punct 14 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 giving nsubj 15 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 giving aux 16 giving give VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 18 means csubj 17 " " PUNCT _ 16 giving punct 18 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 means parataxis 19 " " PUNCT _ 21 seems punct 20 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 21 seems nsubj 21 seems seem VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 means ccomp 22 like like SCONJ _ 21 seems mark 23 " " PUNCT _ 21 seems punct 24 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 25 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Lowkey a bit vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic 2 give in a quote present · progressive bit vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient 3 mean present giving vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 4 seem in a quote present it vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: Is he right?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX he PRON right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present lowkey right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Yes, nearly everyone speaks exactly one
discourse punct advmod nsubj advmod obj root Yes INTJ , PUNCT nearly ADV everyone PRON speaks VERB exactly ADV one NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 speaks discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 5 speaks punct 3 nearly nearly ADV _ 5 speaks advmod 4 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 5 speaks nsubj 5 speaks speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 exactly exactly ADV _ 7 one advmod 7 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 speaks obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 speak speech: other present everyone one nearly property tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer No, many people in the world grow up speaking two or more
discourse punct amod nsubj case det nmod compound:prt xcomp obj cc conj root No INTJ , PUNCT many ADJ people NOUN in ADP the DET world NOUN grow VERB up ADP speaking VERB two NUM or CCONJ more ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 8 grow discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 8 grow punct 3 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 4 people amod 4 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 grow nsubj 5 in in ADP _ 7 world case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 world det 7 world world NOUN Number=Sing 4 people nmod 8 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 up up ADP _ 8 grow compound:prt 10 speaking speak VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 grow xcomp 11 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 10 speaking obj 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 more cc 13 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 11 two conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow up present many people in the world tree rules 2 speak speech: other gerund many people in the world not said here two tree rules
Option 3 No, everyone on Earth speaks exactly three
discourse punct nsubj case nmod advmod obj root No INTJ , PUNCT everyone PRON on ADP Earth PROPN speaks VERB exactly ADV three NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 speaks discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 6 speaks punct 3 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 6 speaks nsubj 4 on on ADP _ 5 Earth case 5 Earth Earth PROPN Number=Sing 3 everyone nmod 6 speaks speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 exactly exactly ADV _ 8 three advmod 8 three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 speaks obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 speak speech: other present everyone three tree rules
Option 4 Yes, and speaking two is very rare
discourse punct cc csubj obj cop advmod root Yes INTJ , PUNCT and CCONJ speaking VERB two NUM is AUX very ADV rare ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 8 rare discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 speaking cc 4 speaking speak VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 rare csubj 5 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 speaking obj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 rare cop 7 very very ADV _ 8 rare advmod 8 rare rare ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 speak speech: other gerund two tree rules 2 is present speaking rare property tree rules
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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