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Test 10 · ★★ · Accents and dialects around the world

In a cartoon, an Aussie says "G'day mate!" and rides a kangaroo to school. What's real and what isn't?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aussie · What happens: say, ride, be · To what, where: cartoon, kangaroo, school · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» 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, an Aussie says "G'day mate!" and rides a kangaroo to school.

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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 Aussie	det
6	Aussie	Aussie	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
9	G'day	G'day	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 mate	compound
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	ccomp
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rides	cc
14	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 says	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 kangaroo	det
16	kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rides	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 school	case
18	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rides	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Aussie			a cartoon			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Manner
2	ride	present	a Aussie not said here	a kangaroo		school			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent kangaroo=Theme to school=Trajectory

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: What's real and what isn't?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 real	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 real	cop
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 what	cc
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 real	conj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 what	cop
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 is	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 real	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing is real, Aussies never say g'day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 real	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 real	cop
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Aussies	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 real	punct
5	Aussies	aussie	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 say	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 say	advmod
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	g'day	g'day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nothing					real property	tree rules
2	not say speech: assert	present	real Aussies	g'day					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent g'day=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

"G'day" is a real greeting; riding kangaroos to school isn't

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 G'day	punct
2	G'day	G'day	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 greeting	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 G'day	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 greeting	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 greeting	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 greeting	amod
7	greeting	greeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 kangaroos	punct
9	riding	riding	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kangaroos	compound
10	kangaroos	kangaroo	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 greeting	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 school	case
12	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kangaroos	nmod
13	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 greeting	conj
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 is	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	G'day	a real greeting and riding kangaroos to school					tree rules
2	not be	present	G'day not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Kangaroo riding is real, g'day isn't

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kangaroo	kangaroo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 riding	compound
2	riding	riding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 real	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 real	cop
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 g'day	punct
6	g'day	g'day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 real	conj
7	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 real	conj
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 is	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Kangaroo riding					real property	tree rules
2	not be	present	Kangaroo riding not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Everything is real, every Aussie kid rides one to school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 real	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 real	cop
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 rides	punct
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 kid	det
6	Aussie	aussie	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kid	amod
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rides	nsubj
8	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 real	parataxis
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 rides	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 school	case
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Everything					real property	tree rules
2	ride	present	every Aussie kid	one		school			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent one=Theme to school=Trajectory

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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