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Test 6 · Slang and how it changes with every generation

In a cartoon, a cowboy says "Don't have a cow!" and a real cow walks off. Why is that a joke?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cowboy, real cow · What happens: say, not have, walk off, be · To what, where: cartoon, cow, joke · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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: In a cartoon, a cowboy says "Don't have a cow!" and a real cow walks off.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cowboy	det
6	cowboy	cowboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 have	punct
9	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 have	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 have	advmod
11	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 says	ccomp
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cow	det
13	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 have	obj
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 have	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 have	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 walks	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 cow	det
18	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 cow	amod
19	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 walks	nsubj
20	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 says	conj
21	off	off	ADP	_	20 walks	compound:prt
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	a cowboy			a cartoon			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not have in a quote	infinitive · do-support		a cow					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Patient
3	walk off	present	a real cow						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Why is that a joke?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 joke	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 joke	cop
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 joke	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 joke	det
5	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 joke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a joke					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's not a joke, the phrase is about farming

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	5 joke	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 joke	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 joke	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 joke	det
5	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 farming	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 phrase	det
8	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 farming	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 farming	cop
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 farming	case
11	farming	farming	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 joke	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	It	a joke and farming					tree rules
2	is	present	the phrase					about farming	tree rules

Option 2

The cow understood English and felt hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cow	det
2	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 understood	nsubj
3	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 understood	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 felt	cc
6	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 understood	conj
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 felt	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	past	the cow	English					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer english=Stimulus
2	feel	past	the cow not said here						vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	hurt	participle	the cow not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Cowboys really were banned from having cows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cowboys	cowboy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 banned	nsubj:pass
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 banned	advmod
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 banned	aux:pass
4	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 cows	case
6	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 cows	amod
7	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 banned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	past · passive		Cowboys				from having cows	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from cow=Eventuality
2	have	gerund							vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The slang means calm down, not owning a cow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 slang	det
2	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	ccomp
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 calm	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 owning	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 owning	advmod
8	owning	own	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 means	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cow	det
10	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 owning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the slang						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	calm down	infinitive							vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	not own	gerund	the slang not said here	a cow					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cow=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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