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Test 7 · Nouns: the names of things, people, places and ideas

A Gen Alpha kid says "new words? no cap, that's sus, all words are mega old." ("Sus" means suspicious, doubtful.) What's true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gen kid, that, words, Sus · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: new words · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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 Gen Alpha kid says "new words? no cap, that's sus, all words are mega old."

detcompoundflatnsubjpunctamodobjpunctdetnmodpunctnsubjcopccomppunctdetnsubjcopamodconjpunctpunctrootADETGenPROPNAlphaPROPNkidNOUNsaysVERB"PUNCTnewADJwordsNOUN?PUNCTnoDETcapNOUN,PUNCTthatPRON'sAUXsusADJ,PUNCTallDETwordsNOUNareAUXmegaADJoldADJ.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 kiddet
2GenGenPROPNNumber=Sing4 kidcompound
3AlphaAlphaPROPNNumber=Sing2 Genflat
4kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing5 saysnsubj
5sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6""PUNCT_8 wordspunct
7newnewADJDegree=Pos8 wordsamod
8wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur5 saysobj
9??PUNCT_11 cappunct
10nonoDETPronType=Neg11 capdet
11capcapNOUNNumber=Sing8 wordsnmod
12,,PUNCT_15 suspunct
13thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem15 susnsubj
14'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 suscop
15sussuspectADJDegree=Pos5 saysccomp
16,,PUNCT_21 oldpunct
17allallDETPronType=Tot18 wordsdet
18wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur21 oldnsubj
19arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin21 oldcop
20megamegaADJDegree=Pos21 oldamod
21oldoldADJDegree=Pos15 susconj
22..PUNCT_15 suspunct
23""PUNCT_15 suspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: askpresenta Gen kidnew words no capvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
2is in a quotepresentthatsuspect propertytree rules
3is in a quotepresentall wordsold propertytree 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: ("Sus" means suspicious, doubtful.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctxcomppunctconjpunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTSusNOUN"PUNCTmeansVERBsuspiciousADJ,PUNCTdoubtfulADJ.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_5 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_3 Suspunct
3SussusNOUNNumber=Sing5 meansnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 Suspunct
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6suspicioussuspiciousADJDegree=Pos5 meansxcomp
7,,PUNCT_8 doubtfulpunct
8doubtfuldoubtfulADJDegree=Pos6 suspiciousconj
9..PUNCT_5 meanspunct
10))PUNCT_5 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentSussuspicious propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What's true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

He's right, nobody can make new words

nsubjcoppunctnsubjauxparataxisamodobjrootHePRON'sAUXrightADJ,PUNCTnobodyPRONcanAUXmakeVERBnewADJwordsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 makepunct
5nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg7 makensubj
6cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin7 makeaux
7makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf3 rightparataxis
8newnewADJDegree=Pos9 wordsamod
9wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur7 makeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2makecannobodynew wordsvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

New words are made all the time, like spork and brunch

amodnsubj:passaux:passdet:predetdetobl:unmarkedpunctcaseoblccconjrootNewADJwordsNOUNareAUXmadeVERBallDETtheDETtimeNOUN,PUNCTlikeADPsporkNOUNandCCONJbrunchNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NewnewADJDegree=Pos2 wordsamod
2wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur4 madensubj:pass
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 madeaux:pass
4mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5allallDETPronType=Tot7 timedet:predet
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 timedet
7timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing4 madeobl:unmarked
8,,PUNCT_10 sporkpunct
9likelikeADP_10 sporkcase
10sporksporkNOUNNumber=Sing4 madeobl
11andandCCONJ_12 brunchcc
12brunchbrunchNOUNNumber=Sing10 sporkconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresent · passiveNew wordstimelike spork and brunchvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

New words only come into English from other languages now

amodnsubjadvmodcaseoblcaseamodobladvmodrootNewADJwordsNOUNonlyADVcomeVERBintoADPEnglishPROPNfromADPotherADJlanguagesNOUNnowADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NewnewADJDegree=Pos2 wordsamod
2wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur4 comensubj
3onlyonlyADV_4 comeadvmod
4comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5intointoADP_6 Englishcase
6EnglishEnglishPROPNNumber=Sing4 comeobl
7fromfromADP_9 languagescase
8otherotherADJDegree=Pos9 languagesamod
9languageslanguageNOUNNumber=Plur4 comeobl
10nownowADVPronType=Dem4 comeadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepresentNew wordsEnglishnowfrom other languagesvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into english=Initial_Location from language=Destination

Option 4

Only teachers are allowed to make new words

advmodnsubj:passaux:passmarkxcompamodobjrootOnlyADVteachersNOUNareAUXallowedVERBtoPARTmakeVERBnewADJwordsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_2 teachersadvmod
2teachersteacherNOUNNumber=Plur4 allowednsubj:pass
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 allowedaux:pass
4allowedallowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5totoPART_6 makemark
6makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf4 allowedxcomp
7newnewADJDegree=Pos8 wordsamod
8wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur6 makeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1allowpresent · passiveteachersvn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2make not said to happento-infinitiveteachers not said herenew wordsvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset word=Product

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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