Test 5 · ★ · The apostrophe war A Newcastle fan writes "St James's Park". A Geordie mate says "nah, man, it's St James' Park, like on the sign." Who's right for that ground?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Newcastle fan, Geordie mate, mate · What happens: write, say, be · To what, where: Park · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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 Newcastle fan writes "St James's Park".
det compound nsubj punct compound nmod:poss case parataxis punct punct root A DET Newcastle PROPN fan NOUN writes VERB " PUNCT St PROPN James PROPN 's PART Park PROPN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 fan det 2 Newcastle Newcastle PROPN Number=Sing 3 fan compound 3 fan fan NOUN Number=Sing 4 writes nsubj 4 writes write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 9 Park punct 6 St St PROPN Number=Sing 7 James compound 7 James James PROPN Number=Sing 9 Park nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 James case 9 Park Park PROPN Number=Sing 4 writes parataxis 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 Park punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 writes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write present a Newcastle fan vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
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: A Geordie mate says "nah, man, it's St James' Park, like on the sign."
det compound nsubj punct discourse punct ccomp punct nsubj cop compound nmod:poss case conj punct case case det conj punct punct root A DET Geordie PROPN mate NOUN says VERB " PUNCT nah INTJ , PUNCT man NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX St PROPN James PROPN ' PART Park PROPN , PUNCT like ADP on ADP the DET sign NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 mate det 2 Geordie Geordie PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate compound 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 man punct 6 nah nah INTJ _ 8 man discourse 7 , , PUNCT _ 6 nah punct 8 man man NOUN Number=Sing 4 says ccomp 9 , , PUNCT _ 15 Park punct 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 Park nsubj 11 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 Park cop 12 St St PROPN Number=Sing 13 James compound 13 James James PROPN Number=Sing 15 Park nmod:poss 14 ' 's PART _ 13 James case 15 Park Park PROPN Number=Sing 8 man conj 16 , , PUNCT _ 20 sign punct 17 like like ADP _ 20 sign case 18 on on ADP _ 20 sign case 19 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 20 sign det 20 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 8 man conj 21 . . PUNCT _ 8 man punct 22 " " PUNCT _ 8 man punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Geordie mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present mate St James's Park tree rules
Sentence 3: Who's right for that ground?
nsubj cop case det obl punct root Who PRON 's AUX right ADJ for ADP that DET ground NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 for for ADP _ 6 ground case 5 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 6 ground det 6 ground ground NOUN Number=Sing 3 right obl 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present for that ground; right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Nobody can know
nsubj aux root Nobody PRON can AUX know VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 3 know nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 know aux 3 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know can Nobody vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Option 2 Both are wrong
nsubj cop root Both DET are AUX wrong ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Both both DET PronType=Tot 3 wrong nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Both wrong property tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer The Geordie mate, copy the official name
det compound nsubj punct det amod obj root The DET Geordie PROPN mate NOUN , PUNCT copy VERB the DET official ADJ name NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 mate det 2 Geordie Geordie PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate compound 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 5 copy nsubj 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 mate punct 5 copy copy VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 name det 7 official official ADJ Degree=Pos 8 name amod 8 name name NOUN Number=Sing 5 copy obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 copy infinitive the Geordie mate the official name vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
Option 4 The fan, there's one rule for all
det obl:unmarked punct expl nummod nsubj case nmod root The DET fan NOUN , PUNCT there PRON 's VERB one NUM rule NOUN for ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 fan det 2 fan fan NOUN Number=Sing 5 's obl:unmarked 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 fan punct 4 there there PRON PronType=Dem 5 's expl 5 's be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 rule nummod 7 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 5 's nsubj 8 for for ADP _ 9 all case 9 all all DET PronType=Tot 7 rule nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 be present one rule for all the fan there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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