Test 9 · ★★★ · Is there one proper English? The big arguments Your Nigerian mate says "I'm coming" and walks out. Your nan thinks he's rude. What's going on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nigerian mate, nan · What happens: say, come, walk out, think, be, go on · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: Your Nigerian mate says "I'm coming" and walks out.
nmod:poss compound nsubj punct nsubj aux ccomp punct cc conj compound:prt punct root Your PRON Nigerian NOUN mate NOUN says VERB " PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX coming VERB " PUNCT and CCONJ walks VERB out ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 mate nmod:poss 2 Nigerian nigerian NOUN Number=Sing 3 mate compound 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 coming punct 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 coming nsubj 7 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 coming aux 8 coming come VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 says ccomp 9 " " PUNCT _ 8 coming punct 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 walks cc 11 walks walk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 says conj 12 out out ADP _ 11 walks compound:prt 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your Nigerian mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 come in a quote present · progressive Your Nigerian mate = mate vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 walk out present Your Nigerian mate not said here vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 nan thinks he's rude.
nmod:poss nsubj nsubj cop ccomp punct root Your PRON nan NOUN thinks VERB he PRON 's AUX rude ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 nan nmod:poss 2 nan nan NOUN Number=Sing 3 thinks nsubj 3 thinks think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 rude nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 rude cop 6 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos 3 thinks ccomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 thinks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other present Your nan vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present nan rude property tree rules
Sentence 3: What's going on?
nsubj aux compound:prt punct root What PRON 's AUX going VERB on ADP ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 going nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 going aux 3 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 on on ADP _ 3 going compound:prt 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 going punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go on present · progressive vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice He has misheard and thinks someone called him
nsubj aux cc conj nsubj ccomp obj root He PRON has AUX misheard VERB and CCONJ thinks VERB someone PRON called 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 misheard nsubj 2 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 misheard aux 3 misheard mishear VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 thinks cc 5 thinks think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 misheard conj 6 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 called nsubj 7 called call VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 thinks ccomp 8 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 called obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mishear present · perfect He tree rules 2 think speech: other present He not said here vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 3 call past someone him = he vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
Option 2 He's being rude and never coming back
nsubj cop cop cc advmod conj advmod root He PRON 's AUX being AUX rude ADJ and CCONJ never ADV coming VERB back ADV 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 rude nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 rude cop 3 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 rude cop 4 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 coming cc 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 coming advmod 7 coming come VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 rude conj 8 back back ADV _ 7 coming advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He rude property tree rules 2 not come back gerund He not said here vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer In Nigerian English it can mean "I'll be back soon"
case compound obl nsubj aux punct nsubj aux cop ccomp advmod punct root In ADP Nigerian PROPN English PROPN it PRON can AUX mean VERB " PUNCT I PRON 'll AUX be AUX back ADV soon ADV " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 English case 2 Nigerian Nigerian PROPN Number=Sing 3 English compound 3 English English PROPN Number=Sing 6 mean obl 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 mean nsubj 5 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 mean aux 6 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 " " PUNCT _ 11 back punct 8 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 11 back nsubj 9 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 back aux 10 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 back cop 11 back back ADV _ 6 mean ccomp 12 soon soon ADV Degree=Pos 11 back advmod 13 " " PUNCT _ 6 mean punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean can it in Nigerian English vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in english=Attribute 2 is in a quote future I back, soon property tree rules
Option 4 He's lost and doesn't know where he's going
nsubj aux:pass cc aux advmod conj advmod nsubj aux ccomp root He PRON 's AUX lost VERB and CCONJ does AUX n't PART know VERB where ADV he PRON 's AUX going VERB 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 lost nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 lost aux:pass 3 lost lose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 7 know cc 5 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 know aux 6 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 7 know advmod 7 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 lost conj 8 where where ADV PronType=Rel 11 going advmod 9 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 going nsubj 10 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 going aux 11 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 know ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lose present · passive He vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality 2 not know present · do-support vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 3 go present · progressive he vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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