Test 6 · Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher Your American friend's teacher writes "Sloane is a conscientious student." Her friend says it sounds like an insult. Is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, Sloane, friend · What happens: write, be, say, sound · To what, where: conscientious student · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 of lesson 16 «Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher» 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: Your American friend's teacher writes "Sloane is a conscientious student."
nmod:poss amod nmod:poss case nsubj punct nsubj cop det amod ccomp punct punct root Your PRON American ADJ friend NOUN 's PART teacher NOUN writes VERB " PUNCT Sloane PROPN is AUX a DET conscientious ADJ student NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 friend nmod:poss 2 American American ADJ Degree=Pos 3 friend amod 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 5 teacher nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 friend case 5 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 6 writes nsubj 6 writes write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 " " PUNCT _ 12 student punct 8 Sloane Sloane PROPN Number=Sing 12 student nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 student cop 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 student det 11 conscientious conscientious ADJ Degree=Pos 12 student amod 12 student student NOUN Number=Sing 6 writes ccomp 13 . . PUNCT _ 12 student punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 12 student punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write present Your American friend's teacher vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present Sloane a conscientious student 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: Her friend says it sounds like an insult.
nmod:poss nsubj nsubj ccomp case det obl punct root Her PRON friend NOUN says VERB it PRON sounds VERB like ADP an DET insult NOUN . PUNCT 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 friend nmod:poss 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 sounds nsubj 5 sounds sound VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 says ccomp 6 like like ADP _ 8 insult case 7 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 insult det 8 insult insult NOUN Number=Sing 5 sounds obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present student's friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 sound present friend like a insult vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Sentence 3: Is it?
nsubj punct root Is VERB it PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Is nsubj 3 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 Is punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 be present teacher vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer No, it means careful and hard-working, so it's a compliment
The tree, 12 words discourse punct nsubj xcomp cc amod punct conj punct advmod nsubj cop det parataxis root No INTJ , PUNCT it PRON means VERB careful ADJ and CCONJ hard ADJ - PUNCT working VERB , PUNCT so ADV it PRON 's AUX a DET compliment NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 4 means discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 careful careful ADJ Degree=Pos 4 means xcomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 9 working cc 7 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 9 working amod 8 - - PUNCT _ 7 hard punct 9 working work VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 careful conj 10 , , PUNCT _ 15 compliment punct 11 so so ADV _ 15 compliment advmod 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 compliment nsubj 13 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 compliment cop 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 compliment det 15 compliment compliment NOUN Number=Sing 4 means parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present it careful property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 work gerund vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 is a present it a compliment tree rules
Option 2 No, it means she is the tallest in her class
discourse punct nsubj nsubj cop det ccomp case nmod:poss obl root No INTJ , PUNCT it PRON means VERB she PRON is AUX the DET tallest ADJ in ADP her PRON class NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 4 means discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 tallest nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 tallest cop 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 tallest det 8 tallest tall ADJ Degree=Sup 4 means ccomp 9 in in ADP _ 11 class case 10 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 class nmod:poss 11 class class NOUN Number=Sing 8 tallest obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present it vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is present she her class tall property tree rules
Option 3 Yes, it means she never listens in lessons and chats
discourse punct nsubj nsubj advmod ccomp case obl cc conj root Yes INTJ , PUNCT it PRON means VERB she PRON never ADV listens VERB in ADP lessons NOUN and CCONJ chats NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 means discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 listens nsubj 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 listens advmod 7 listens listen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 means ccomp 8 in in ADP _ 9 lessons case 9 lessons lesson NOUN Number=Plur 7 listens obl 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 chats cc 11 chats chat NOUN Number=Plur 9 lessons conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present it vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not listen present she in lessons and chats vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in lesson=Theme
Option 4 Yes, it means she copies other pupils' homework
discourse punct nsubj nsubj ccomp amod nmod:poss case obj root Yes INTJ , PUNCT it PRON means VERB she PRON copies VERB other ADJ pupils NOUN ' PART homework NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 means discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 copies nsubj 6 copies copy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 means ccomp 7 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 8 pupils amod 8 pupils pupil NOUN Number=Plur 10 homework nmod:poss 9 ' 's PART _ 8 pupils case 10 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 6 copies obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present it vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 copy present she other pupils's homework vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Theme
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