Test 9 · ★ · Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland A Dublin girl says "Your man there is a total eejit, but he's great craic." ("Your man" means that man.) What does she think of him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dublin girl, total eejit, eejit, man, girl · What happens: say, be, mean, think · To what, where: man, great craic · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 18 «Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland» 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 Dublin girl says "Your man there is a total eejit, but he's great craic."
det compound nsubj punct nmod:poss ccomp expl acl:relcl det amod nsubj punct cc nsubj cop amod conj punct punct root A DET Dublin PROPN girl NOUN says VERB " PUNCT Your PRON man NOUN there PRON is VERB a DET total ADJ eejit NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ he PRON 's AUX great ADJ craic NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 girl det 2 Dublin Dublin PROPN Number=Sing 3 girl compound 3 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 7 man punct 6 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 man nmod:poss 7 man man NOUN Number=Sing 4 says ccomp 8 there there PRON PronType=Dem 9 is expl 9 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 man acl:relcl 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 eejit det 11 total total ADJ Degree=Pos 12 eejit amod 12 eejit eejit NOUN Number=Sing 9 is nsubj 13 , , PUNCT _ 18 craic punct 14 but but CCONJ _ 18 craic cc 15 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 craic nsubj 16 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 craic cop 17 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 18 craic amod 18 craic craic NOUN Number=Sing 7 man conj 19 . . PUNCT _ 7 man punct 20 " " PUNCT _ 7 man punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Dublin girl vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 be in a quote present a total eejit Your man but great craic not said here there vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot man=Theme 3 is a in a quote present eejit great craic 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: ("Your man" means that man.)
punct punct nmod:poss nsubj punct det obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Your PRON man NOUN " PUNCT means VERB that DET man NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 4 man punct 3 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 man nmod:poss 4 man man NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 man punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 man det 8 man man NOUN Number=Sing 6 means obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Your man that man vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic
Sentence 3: What does she think of him?
obj aux nsubj case obl punct root What PRON does AUX she PRON think VERB of ADP him PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 think obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 think aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 think nsubj 4 think think VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 of of ADP _ 6 him case 6 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 think obl 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 think punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other present · do-support girl of eejit vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice He's her husband and very serious
nsubj cop nmod:poss cc advmod conj root He PRON 's AUX her PRON husband NOUN and CCONJ very ADV serious ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 husband nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 husband cop 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 husband nmod:poss 4 husband husband NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 serious cc 6 very very ADV _ 7 serious advmod 7 serious serious ADJ Degree=Pos 4 husband conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present He her husband tree rules 2 be He not said here tree rules
Option 2 He's dangerous and nobody likes him
nsubj cop cc nsubj conj obj root He PRON 's AUX dangerous ADJ and CCONJ nobody PRON likes VERB him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 dangerous nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 dangerous cop 3 dangerous dangerous ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 6 likes cc 5 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 6 likes nsubj 6 likes like VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 dangerous conj 7 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 likes obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He dangerous property tree rules 2 like present nobody him = he vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer He's silly but loads of fun
nsubj cop cc conj case nmod root He PRON 's AUX silly ADJ but CCONJ loads NOUN of ADP fun NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 silly nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 silly cop 3 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 but but CCONJ _ 5 loads cc 5 loads load NOUN Number=Plur 3 silly conj 6 of of ADP _ 7 fun case 7 fun fun NOUN Number=Sing 5 loads nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He silly property tree rules
Option 4 He's boring but very clever
nsubj cop cc advmod conj root He PRON 's AUX boring ADJ but CCONJ very ADV clever ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 boring nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 boring cop 3 boring boring ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 but but CCONJ _ 6 clever cc 5 very very ADV _ 6 clever advmod 6 clever clever ADJ Degree=Pos 3 boring conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He boring property tree rules 2 be He not said here tree rules
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