Test 8 · Slang and how it changes with every generation Your dad says "That trick was sick!" Isaac says "Dad, nobody says sick anymore." Why did Isaac groan?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, trick, Isaac, nobody · What happens: say, be, groan · To what, where: Dad · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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 dad says "That trick was sick!"
nmod:poss nsubj punct det nsubj cop ccomp punct punct root Your PRON dad NOUN says VERB " PUNCT That DET trick NOUN was AUX sick ADJ ! 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 dad nmod:poss 2 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 8 sick punct 5 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 6 trick det 6 trick trick NOUN Number=Sing 8 sick nsubj 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 sick cop 8 sick sick ADJ Degree=Pos 3 says ccomp 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 8 sick punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 8 sick punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: express present Your dad vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote past that trick sick property 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: Isaac says "Dad, nobody says sick anymore."
nsubj punct nsubj punct nsubj acl:relcl xcomp advmod punct punct root Isaac PROPN says VERB " PUNCT Dad NOUN , PUNCT nobody PRON says VERB sick ADJ anymore ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Isaac Isaac PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 Dad punct 4 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 says punct 6 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 7 says nsubj 7 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 Dad acl:relcl 8 sick sick ADJ Degree=Pos 7 says xcomp 9 anymore anymore ADV _ 7 says advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 Dad punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 4 Dad punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Isaac vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 say speech: assert in a quote present nobody Dad not said here anymore, sick property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dad=Topic
Sentence 3: Why did Isaac groan?
advmod aux nsubj punct root Why ADV did AUX Isaac PROPN groan VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 groan advmod 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 groan aux 3 Isaac Isaac PROPN Number=Sing 4 groan nsubj 4 groan groan VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 groan punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 groan past · do-support Isaac vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 Sick is a very rude word in slang
nsubj cop det advmod amod case nmod root Sick NOUN is AUX a DET very ADV rude ADJ word NOUN in ADP slang NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sick sick NOUN Number=Sing 6 word nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 word cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 word det 4 very very ADV _ 5 rude advmod 5 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 6 word amod 6 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 in in ADP _ 8 slang case 8 slang slang NOUN Number=Sing 6 word nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Sick a rude word slang tree rules
Option 2 Dads are not allowed to use slang by law
nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod mark xcomp obj case obl root Dads NOUN are AUX not PART allowed VERB to PART use VERB slang NOUN by ADP law NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dads dad NOUN Number=Plur 4 allowed nsubj:pass 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 allowed aux:pass 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 allowed advmod 4 allowed allow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 to to PART _ 6 use mark 6 use use VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 allowed xcomp 7 slang slang NOUN Number=Sing 6 use obj 8 by by ADP _ 9 law case 9 law law NOUN Number=Sing 6 use obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not allow present · passive Dads vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality 2 use not said to happen to-infinitive Dads not said here slang by law vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slang=Patient
Option 3 Sick only means ill, so his dad used the word wrongly
advmod ccomp xcomp punct advmod nmod:poss nsubj parataxis det obj advmod root Sick VERB only ADV means VERB ill ADJ , PUNCT so ADV his PRON dad NOUN used VERB the DET word NOUN wrongly ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sick sick VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 only only ADV _ 3 means advmod 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Sick ccomp 4 ill ill ADJ Degree=Pos 3 means xcomp 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 used punct 6 so so ADV _ 9 used advmod 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 dad nmod:poss 8 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 9 used nsubj 9 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Sick parataxis 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 word det 11 word word NOUN Number=Sing 9 used obj 12 wrongly wrongly ADV _ 9 used advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sick imperative you not said here tree rules 2 mean present you not said here ill property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 3 use past his dad the word wrongly property vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Kids often drop slang once parents start using it
nsubj advmod advcl obj advmod nsubj xcomp obj root Kids NOUN often ADV drop VERB slang NOUN once ADV parents NOUN start VERB using VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 3 drop nsubj 2 often often ADV _ 3 drop advmod 3 drop drop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 start advcl 4 slang slang NOUN Number=Sing 3 drop obj 5 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 3 drop advmod 6 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 7 start nsubj 7 start start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 using use VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 start xcomp 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 using obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 drop present Kids slang often, once property vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slang=Theme 2 start present parents vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 3 use gerund parents not said here slang vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
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