Test 3 · ★★★ · Is there one proper English? The big arguments A Gen Z cousin says "ain't is lowkey a poor people's word, always was." ("Lowkey" means kind of.) What's the fact?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Z cousin, ai, Lowkey, fact · What happens: say, not be, be, mean · To what, where: word, kind · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Is there one proper English? The big arguments» 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 Z cousin says "ain't is lowkey a poor people's word, always was."
det compound compound nsubj punct nsubj advmod cop advmod det amod nmod:poss case ccomp punct nmod cop punct punct root A DET Gen NOUN Z NOUN cousin NOUN says VERB " PUNCT ai X n't PART is AUX lowkey ADV a DET poor ADJ people NOUN 's PART word NOUN , PUNCT always ADV was AUX . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 cousin det 2 Gen gen NOUN Number=Sing 3 Z compound 3 Z z NOUN Number=Sing 4 cousin compound 4 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 15 word punct 7 ai ai X Foreign=Yes 15 word nsubj 8 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 15 word advmod 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 word cop 10 lowkey lowkey ADV _ 15 word advmod 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 people det 12 poor poor ADJ Degree=Pos 13 people amod 13 people people NOUN Number=Plur 15 word nmod:poss 14 's 's PART _ 13 people case 15 word word NOUN Number=Sing 5 says ccomp 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 always punct 17 always always ADV PronType=Tot 15 word nmod 18 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 17 always cop 19 . . PUNCT _ 15 word punct 20 " " PUNCT _ 15 word punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Z cousin vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 not is a in a quote present ai a poor people's word lowkey property tree rules 3 is in a quote past always 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: ("Lowkey" means kind of.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj fixed punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Lowkey PROPN " PUNCT means VERB kind NOUN of ADP . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lowkey punct 3 Lowkey Lowkey PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lowkey punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 7 of of ADP _ 6 kind fixed 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Lowkey kind vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Topic
Sentence 3: What's the fact?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET fact NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 fact det 4 fact fact NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the fact tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice It was only ever used in America
nsubj:pass aux advmod advmod case obl root It PRON was AUX only ADV ever ADV used VERB in ADP America PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 used nsubj:pass 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 used aux 3 only only ADV _ 5 used advmod 4 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 5 used advmod 5 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 in in ADP _ 7 America case 7 America America PROPN Number=Sing 5 used obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use past · passive It America ever vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Posh people used it too in the 1700s
amod nsubj obj advmod case det obl root Posh ADJ people NOUN used VERB it PRON too ADV in ADP the DET 1700s NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Posh posh ADJ Degree=Pos 2 people amod 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 used nsubj 3 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 used obj 5 too too ADV _ 3 used advmod 6 in in ADP _ 8 1700s case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 1700s det 8 1700s 1700 NOUN Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card 3 used obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use past Posh people it the 1700s vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Option 3 It was invented by rappers in the 1990s
nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl case det obl root It PRON was AUX invented VERB by ADP rappers NOUN in ADP the DET 1990s NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 invented nsubj:pass 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 invented aux:pass 3 invented invent VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 by by ADP _ 5 rappers case 5 rappers rapper NOUN Number=Plur 3 invented obl 6 in in ADP _ 8 1990s case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 1990s det 8 1990s 1990s NOUN Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card 3 invented obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 invent past · passive rappers It the 1990s vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result
Option 4 She's right, rich people never used it
nsubj cop punct amod nsubj advmod conj obj root She PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT rich ADJ people NOUN never ADV used VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 used punct 5 rich rich ADJ Degree=Pos 6 people amod 6 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 used nsubj 7 never never ADV PronType=Neg 8 used advmod 8 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 right conj 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 used obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present She right property tree rules 2 not use past rich people it vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
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