Test 2 · ★ · The apostrophe war A Gen Z cousin says "apostrophes are mid, nobody cares, fr." ("Mid" means meh, "fr" means for real.) What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Z cousin, apostrophes, nobody, Mid, fr · What happens: say, be, care, mean · To what, where: fr, meh · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 15 «The apostrophe war» 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 cousin says "apostrophes are mid, nobody cares, fr."
det compound compound nsubj punct nsubj cop ccomp punct nsubj parataxis punct obj punct punct root A DET Gen NOUN Z NOUN cousin NOUN says VERB " PUNCT apostrophes NOUN are AUX mid ADJ , PUNCT nobody PRON cares VERB , PUNCT fr 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 cousin det 2 Gen gen NOUN Number=Sing 3 Z compound 3 Z z NOUN Number=Sing 4 cousin compound 4 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 mid punct 7 apostrophes apostrophe NOUN Number=Plur 9 mid nsubj 8 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 mid cop 9 mid mid ADJ Degree=Pos 5 says ccomp 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 cares punct 11 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 12 cares nsubj 12 cares care VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 mid parataxis 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 fr punct 14 fr fr NOUN Number=Sing 12 cares obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 9 mid punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 9 mid punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Z cousin vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present apostrophes mid property tree rules 3 care in a quote present nobody fr tree rules
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: ("Mid" means meh, "fr" means for real.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj punct punct nsubj punct conj case obl punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Mid PROPN " PUNCT means VERB meh NOUN , PUNCT " PUNCT fr NOUN " PUNCT means VERB for ADP real ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Mid punct 3 Mid Mid PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Mid punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 meh meh NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 means punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 fr punct 9 fr fr NOUN Number=Sing 11 means nsubj 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 fr punct 11 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 means conj 12 for for ADP _ 13 real case 13 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 11 means obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Mid meh vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meh=Topic 2 mean present fr for real vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot for real=Attribute
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Apostrophes were banned in 2012
nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl root Apostrophes NOUN were AUX banned VERB in ADP 2012 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Apostrophes apostrophe NOUN Number=Plur 3 banned nsubj:pass 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 banned aux:pass 3 banned ban VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 in in ADP _ 5 2012 case 5 2012 2012 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 banned obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ban past · passive Apostrophes 2012 vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Option 2 Nobody has ever argued about apostrophes
nsubj:pass aux advmod case obl root Nobody PRON has AUX ever ADV argued VERB about ADP apostrophes NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 4 argued nsubj:pass 2 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 argued aux 3 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 4 argued advmod 4 argued argue VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 about about ADP _ 6 apostrophes case 6 apostrophes apostrophe NOUN Number=Plur 4 argued obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 argue speech: disagree present · perfect · passive Nobody ever about apostrophes vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Some people care a lot; councils even got complaints about removing them
det nsubj det obl:unmarked punct nsubj advmod parataxis obj mark advcl obj root Some DET people NOUN care VERB a DET lot NOUN ; PUNCT councils NOUN even ADV got VERB complaints NOUN about SCONJ removing VERB them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 people det 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 care nsubj 3 care care VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 lot det 5 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 3 care obl:unmarked 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 9 got punct 7 councils council NOUN Number=Plur 9 got nsubj 8 even even ADV _ 9 got advmod 9 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 care parataxis 10 complaints complaint NOUN Number=Plur 9 got obj 11 about about SCONJ _ 12 removing mark 12 removing remove VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 got advcl 13 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 removing obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 care present some people a lot vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 2 get past councils complaints vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer complaint=Stimulus 3 remove gerund councils not said here complaints = complaint vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
Option 4 Only teachers have ever noticed them
advmod nsubj:pass aux advmod obj root Only ADV teachers NOUN have AUX ever ADV noticed VERB them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 5 noticed advmod 2 teachers teacher NOUN Number=Plur 5 noticed nsubj:pass 3 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 noticed aux 4 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 5 noticed advmod 5 noticed notice VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 noticed obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 notice present · perfect · passive teachers ever tree rules
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