Test 5 · ★★★ · Plurals that make no sense: mice, sheep and geese A Gen Z shop sign says "Fresh bagel's, they slay." ("Slay" means are amazing.) What's the fix?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: shop sign, they, Slay, fix · What happens: say, slay, mean, be · To what, where: Fresh bagel · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Plurals that make no sense: mice, sheep and geese» 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 shop sign says "Fresh bagel's, they slay."
det compound compound compound nsubj punct amod obj case punct nsubj parataxis punct punct root A DET Gen NOUN Z NOUN shop NOUN sign NOUN says VERB " PUNCT Fresh ADJ bagel NOUN 's PART , PUNCT they PRON slay VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 sign det 2 Gen gen NOUN Number=Sing 3 Z compound 3 Z z NOUN Number=Sing 4 shop compound 4 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 5 sign compound 5 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 " " PUNCT _ 9 bagel punct 8 Fresh fresh ADJ Degree=Pos 9 bagel amod 9 bagel bagel NOUN Number=Sing 6 says obj 10 's 's PART _ 9 bagel case 11 , , PUNCT _ 13 slay punct 12 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 slay nsubj 13 slay slay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 says parataxis 14 . . PUNCT _ 13 slay punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 13 slay punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a shop sign Fresh bagel tree rules 2 slay in a quote present they vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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: ("Slay" means are amazing.)
punct punct nsubj punct cop xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Slay PROPN " PUNCT means VERB are AUX amazing ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Slay punct 3 Slay Slay PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Slay punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 amazing cop 7 amazing amazing ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Slay vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is not said to happen present Slay not said here amazing property tree rules
Sentence 3: What's the fix?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET fix NOUN ? PUNCT 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 4 fix det 4 fix fix NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the fix tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Fresh bagel's', they slay
amod nmod:poss case nsubj acl:relcl root Fresh ADJ bagel NOUN 's PART ', NOUN they PRON slay VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fresh fresh ADJ Degree=Pos 2 bagel amod 2 bagel bagel NOUN Number=Sing 4 ', nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 bagel case 4 ', ', NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 slay nsubj 6 slay slay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 ', acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 slay present they Fresh bagel's ', not said here vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ',=Patient
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Fresh bagels, they slay
amod nsubj punct nsubj root Fresh ADJ bagels NOUN , PUNCT they PRON slay VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fresh fresh ADJ Degree=Pos 2 bagels amod 2 bagels bagel NOUN Number=Plur 5 slay nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 bagels punct 4 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 slay nsubj 5 slay slay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 slay present Fresh bagels vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Fresh bagel's is correct
amod nsubj case cop root Fresh ADJ bagel NOUN 's PART is AUX correct ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fresh fresh ADJ Degree=Pos 2 bagel amod 2 bagel bagel NOUN Number=Sing 5 correct nsubj 3 's 's PART _ 2 bagel case 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 correct cop 5 correct correct ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Fresh bagel correct property tree rules
Option 4 Fresh bagels's, they slay
amod nsubj case punct nsubj root Fresh ADJ bagels NOUN 's PART , PUNCT they PRON slay VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fresh fresh ADJ Degree=Pos 2 bagels amod 2 bagels bagel NOUN Number=Plur 6 slay nsubj 3 's 's PART _ 2 bagels case 4 , , PUNCT _ 2 bagels punct 5 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 slay nsubj 6 slay slay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 slay present Fresh bagels vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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