Test 2 · Slang and how it changes with every generation Your grandad, a proper boomer, says "Bussin'? Sounds like a bus." Your sister explains. What does she say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad, sister · What happens: say, sound, explain · To what, where: Bussin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 17 «Slang and how it changes with every generation» 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 grandad, a proper boomer, says "Bussin'?
nmod:poss nsubj punct det amod conj punct punct obj punct punct root Your PRON grandad NOUN , PUNCT a DET proper ADJ boomer NOUN , PUNCT says VERB " PUNCT Bussin PROPN ' 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 2 grandad nmod:poss 2 grandad grandad NOUN Number=Sing 8 says nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 boomer punct 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 boomer det 5 proper proper ADJ Degree=Pos 6 boomer amod 6 boomer boomer NOUN Number=Sing 2 grandad conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 2 grandad punct 8 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 " " PUNCT _ 10 Bussin punct 10 Bussin Bussin PROPN Number=Sing 8 says obj 11 ' ' PUNCT _ 10 Bussin punct 12 ? ? PUNCT _ 8 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your grandad and a proper boomer Bussin vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bussin=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: Sounds like a bus."
case det obl punct punct root Sounds VERB like ADP a DET bus NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sounds sound VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 2 like like ADP _ 4 bus case 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 bus det 4 bus bus NOUN Number=Sing 1 Sounds obl 5 . . PUNCT _ 1 Sounds punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 1 Sounds punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sound present like a bus vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Sentence 3: Your sister explains.
nmod:poss nsubj punct root Your PRON sister NOUN explains VERB . 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 2 sister nmod:poss 2 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 3 explains nsubj 3 explains explain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 explains punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 explain speech: assert present Your sister vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: What does she say?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX she PRON say VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 say obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 say aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 say nsubj 4 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · do-support sister vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice It means being late for the school bus
nsubj cop xcomp case det compound obl root It PRON means VERB being AUX late ADJ for ADP the DET school NOUN bus NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 late cop 4 late late ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means xcomp 5 for for ADP _ 8 bus case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 bus det 7 school school NOUN Number=Sing 8 bus compound 8 bus bus NOUN Number=Sing 4 late 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 not said to happen gerund for the school bus; late property tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer It means really tasty or excellent food
nsubj advmod amod cc conj obj root It PRON means VERB really ADV tasty ADJ or CCONJ excellent ADJ food NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 really really ADV _ 4 tasty advmod 4 tasty tasty ADJ Degree=Pos 7 food amod 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 excellent cc 6 excellent excellent ADJ Degree=Pos 4 tasty conj 7 food food NOUN Number=Sing 2 means obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present It tasty food vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic
Option 3 It means kissing someone on the cheek
nsubj xcomp obj case det obl root It PRON means VERB kissing VERB someone PRON on ADP the DET cheek NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 kissing kiss VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means xcomp 4 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 kissing obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 cheek case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 cheek det 7 cheek cheek NOUN Number=Sing 3 kissing 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 clause=Topic 2 kiss not said to happen gerund someone the cheek vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Co-Agent
Option 4 It means riding on a bus with friends
nsubj xcomp case det obl case obl root It PRON means VERB riding VERB on ADP a DET bus NOUN with ADP friends NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 riding ride VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means xcomp 4 on on ADP _ 6 bus case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 bus det 6 bus bus NOUN Number=Sing 3 riding obl 7 with with ADP _ 8 friends case 8 friends friend NOUN Number=Plur 3 riding 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 clause=Topic 2 ride not said to happen gerund a bus with friends vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
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