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Test 4 · British and American words

Your Yank cousin ("Yank" is British slang for an American) says "zed is a made-up British joke". What do you tell him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Yank, Yank cousin, zed, you · What happens: be, say, make up, tell · To what, where: British slang, made British joke, zed · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 21 «British and American words» 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 Yank cousin ("Yank" is British slang for an American) says "zed is a made-up British joke".

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 cousin	nmod:poss
2	Yank	yank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	compound
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 says	nsubj
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 slang	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Yank	punct
6	Yank	Yank	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 slang	nsubj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Yank	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 slang	cop
9	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 slang	amod
10	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	appos
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 American	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 American	det
13	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 slang	nmod
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 slang	punct
15	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 joke	punct
17	zed	zed	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 joke	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 joke	cop
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 joke	det
20	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 joke	amod
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	22 up	punct
22	up	up	ADP	_	20 made	compound:prt
23	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 joke	amod
24	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 says	ccomp
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 joke	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Yank	British slang				for a American	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	Your Yank cousin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	make up in a quote	participle							vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
4	is a in a quote	present	zed	a made British joke					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: What do you tell him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · do-support	you		zed				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

"Zed" is only used in maths

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Zed	punct
2	Zed	zed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 used	nsubj:pass
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Zed	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 used	aux:pass
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 used	advmod
6	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 maths	case
8	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		Zed		maths			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

He's right, only the Queen said "zed"

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 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 said	punct
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 said	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 zed	punct
10	zed	zed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 zed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the Queen	zed					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent zed=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Most English-speaking countries say "zed"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 countries	amod
2	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 speaking	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 English	punct
4	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 countries	amod
5	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 zed	punct
8	zed	zed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	obj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 zed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	gerund							vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	Most speaking countries	zed					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent zed=Topic

Option 4

Both names are wrong, it's "zet"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 names	det
2	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wrong	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wrong	cop
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 zet	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 zet	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 zet	cop
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 zet	punct
9	zet	zet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrong	parataxis
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 zet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	both names					wrong property	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	it	zet					tree rules

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