Test 7 · Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher A Liverpool kid answers his mum's phone "Wha'?" ("Wha'" is a quick "what?") and it's the head teacher. What should he have said?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Liverpool kid, Wha, phone · What happens: answer, be, say · To what, where: phone, head teacher · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: A Liverpool kid answers his mum's phone "Wha'?"
det compound nsubj nmod:poss nmod:poss case obj punct appos punct punct punct root A DET Liverpool PROPN kid NOUN answers VERB his PRON mum NOUN 's PART phone NOUN " PUNCT Wha PROPN ' PUNCT ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 kid det 2 Liverpool Liverpool PROPN Number=Sing 3 kid compound 3 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 4 answers nsubj 4 answers answer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 mum nmod:poss 6 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 8 phone nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 mum case 8 phone phone NOUN Number=Sing 4 answers obj 9 " " PUNCT _ 10 Wha punct 10 Wha Wha PROPN Number=Sing 8 phone appos 11 ' ' PUNCT _ 10 Wha punct 12 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 answers punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 4 answers punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 answer speech: assert present a Liverpool kid kid's mum's phone vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent phone=Eventuality
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: ("Wha'" is a quick "what?") and it's the head teacher.
punct punct nsubj punct punct cop det punct conj punct punct punct cc nsubj cop det compound conj punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Wha PROPN ' PUNCT " PUNCT is AUX a DET quick ADJ " PUNCT what PRON ? PUNCT " PUNCT ) PUNCT and CCONJ it PRON 's AUX the DET head NOUN teacher NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 8 quick punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Wha punct 3 Wha Wha PROPN Number=Sing 8 quick nsubj 4 ' ' PUNCT _ 3 Wha punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 Wha punct 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 quick cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 quick det 8 quick quick ADJ Degree=Pos root root 9 " " PUNCT _ 10 what punct 10 what what PRON PronType=Rel 8 quick conj 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 10 what punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 10 what punct 13 ) ) PUNCT _ 10 what punct 14 and and CCONJ _ 19 teacher cc 15 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 teacher nsubj 16 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 teacher cop 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 19 teacher det 18 head head NOUN Number=Sing 19 teacher compound 19 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 10 what conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 8 quick punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Wha quick property tree rules 2 is a present phone the head teacher tree rules
Sentence 3: What should he have said?
obj aux nsubj aux punct root What PRON should AUX he PRON have AUX said VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 said obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 said aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 said nsubj 4 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 said aux 5 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert should · perfect Wha vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer Hello, who's calling, please?
discourse punct nsubj aux punct discourse punct root Hello INTJ , PUNCT who PRON 's AUX calling VERB , PUNCT please INTJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hello hello INTJ _ 5 calling discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 5 calling punct 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 5 calling nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 calling aux 5 calling call VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 calling punct 7 please please INTJ _ 5 calling discourse 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 calling punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 call present · progressive vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Wha', who is it, la, I'm busy
case nsubj cop appos punct discourse punct nsubj cop parataxis root Wha PROPN ', PART who PRON is AUX it PRON , PUNCT la INTJ , PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX busy ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wha Wha PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 ', ', PART _ 1 Wha case 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 5 it nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 it cop 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Wha appos 6 , , PUNCT _ 1 Wha punct 7 la la INTJ _ 11 busy discourse 8 , , PUNCT _ 7 la punct 9 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 11 busy nsubj 10 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 busy cop 11 busy busy ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Wha parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Wha it tree rules 2 is present I busy property tree rules
Option 3 What do you want, I'm watching telly
obj aux nsubj punct nsubj aux xcomp obj root What PRON do AUX you PRON want VERB , PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX watching VERB telly NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 want obj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 want aux 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 want nsubj 4 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 want punct 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 watching nsubj 7 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 watching aux 8 watching watch VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 want xcomp 9 telly telly NOUN Number=Sing 8 watching obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want present · do-support you tree rules 2 watch not said to happen present · progressive I telly vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telly=Theme
Option 4 Nothing, he should have just hung up
nsubj:pass punct nsubj aux aux advmod compound:prt root Nothing PRON , PUNCT he PRON should AUX have AUX just ADV hung VERB up ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 7 hung nsubj:pass 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Nothing punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 hung nsubj 4 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 hung aux 5 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 hung aux 6 just just ADV _ 7 hung advmod 7 hung hang VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 up up ADP _ 7 hung compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hang up should · perfect · passive Nothing vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
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