Test 3 · Nouns: the names of things, people, places and ideas A lad from Liverpool says "our kid's sound, he made me a chip butty." ("Sound" means nice, decent.) What happened?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lad, Sound · What happens: say, make, mean, happen · To what, where: chip butty, lad · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 2 «Nouns: the names of things, people, places and ideas» 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 lad from Liverpool says "our kid's sound, he made me a chip butty."
det nsubj case nmod punct nmod:poss nmod:poss case ccomp punct nsubj acl:relcl obj det compound obj punct punct root A DET lad NOUN from ADP Liverpool PROPN says VERB " PUNCT our PRON kid NOUN 's PART sound NOUN , PUNCT he PRON made VERB me PRON a DET chip NOUN butty NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 lad det 2 lad lad NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 3 from from ADP _ 4 Liverpool case 4 Liverpool Liverpool PROPN Number=Sing 2 lad nmod 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 10 sound punct 7 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 kid nmod:poss 8 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 10 sound nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 kid case 10 sound sound NOUN Number=Sing 5 says ccomp 11 , , PUNCT _ 13 made punct 12 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 made nsubj 13 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 sound acl:relcl 14 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 13 made obj 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 butty det 16 chip chip NOUN Number=Sing 17 butty compound 17 butty butty NOUN Number=Sing 13 made obj 18 . . PUNCT _ 10 sound punct 19 " " PUNCT _ 10 sound punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a lad from Liverpool vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 make in a quote past lad a chip butty a lad from Liverpool = lad vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary butty=Product
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: ("Sound" means nice, decent.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Sound NOUN " PUNCT means VERB nice ADJ , PUNCT decent ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Sound punct 3 Sound sound NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Sound punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 nice nice ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 decent punct 8 decent decent ADJ Degree=Pos 6 nice conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Sound nice property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What happened?
nsubj punct root What PRON happened VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 happened nsubj 2 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 happened punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen past vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer His brother, a nice lad, made him a chip sandwich
nmod:poss nsubj punct det amod conj punct obj det compound obj root His PRON brother NOUN , PUNCT a DET nice ADJ lad NOUN , PUNCT made VERB him PRON a DET chip NOUN sandwich NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 8 made nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 lad punct 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 lad det 5 nice nice ADJ Degree=Pos 6 lad amod 6 lad lad NOUN Number=Sing 2 brother conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 2 brother punct 8 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 made obj 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 sandwich det 11 chip chip NOUN Number=Sing 12 sandwich compound 12 sandwich sandwich NOUN Number=Sing 8 made obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past His brother and a nice lad a chip sandwich him = he vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary sandwich=Product
Option 2 His friend made a loud noise with chips
nmod:poss nsubj det amod obj case obl root His PRON friend NOUN made VERB a DET loud ADJ noise NOUN with ADP chips NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 friend nmod:poss 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 noise det 5 loud loud ADJ Degree=Pos 6 noise amod 6 noise noise NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obj 7 with with ADP _ 8 chips case 8 chips chip NOUN Number=Plur 3 made obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past His friend a loud noise with chips vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Product
Option 3 His kid made him a chip shop
nmod:poss nsubj obj det compound obj root His PRON kid NOUN made VERB him PRON a DET chip NOUN shop NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 kid nmod:poss 2 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 made obj 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 shop det 6 chip chip NOUN Number=Sing 7 shop compound 7 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 3 made obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past His kid a chip shop him = he vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary shop=Product
Option 4 His brother sold him some chips from a sandwich shop
nmod:poss nsubj obj det obj case det compound obl root His PRON brother NOUN sold VERB him PRON some DET chips NOUN from ADP a DET sandwich NOUN shop NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 sold nsubj 3 sold sell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 sold obj 5 some some DET PronType=Ind 6 chips det 6 chips chip NOUN Number=Plur 3 sold obj 7 from from ADP _ 10 shop case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 shop det 9 sandwich sandwich NOUN Number=Sing 10 shop compound 10 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 3 sold obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sell past His brother some chips him = he a sandwich shop vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient chip=Theme
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