Test 1 · ★★ · Idioms taken literally Your mate goes "animals really fell off roofs in storms, that's where cats and dogs comes from, fr." ("Fr" means for real.) What's fairest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, animals, that, cats, Fr · What happens: go, fall off, be, come, mean · To what, where: roofs, fr · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Idioms taken literally» 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 mate goes "animals really fell off roofs in storms, that's where cats and dogs comes from, fr."
nmod:poss nsubj punct nsubj advmod ccomp compound:prt obj case obl punct nsubj cop advmod nsubj cc conj advcl case punct obl punct punct root Your PRON mate NOUN goes VERB " PUNCT animals NOUN really ADV fell VERB off ADP roofs NOUN in ADP storms NOUN , PUNCT that PRON 's AUX where ADV cats NOUN and CCONJ dogs NOUN comes VERB from ADP , PUNCT fr NOUN . PUNCT " 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 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 3 goes nsubj 3 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 7 fell punct 5 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 7 fell nsubj 6 really really ADV _ 7 fell advmod 7 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 goes ccomp 8 off off ADP _ 7 fell compound:prt 9 roofs roof NOUN Number=Plur 7 fell obj 10 in in ADP _ 11 storms case 11 storms storm NOUN Number=Plur 7 fell obl 12 , , PUNCT _ 15 where punct 13 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 15 where nsubj 14 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 where cop 15 where where ADV PronType=Rel 19 comes advmod 16 cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 19 comes nsubj 17 and and CCONJ _ 18 dogs cc 18 dogs dog NOUN Number=Plur 16 cats conj 19 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 goes advcl 20 from from ADP _ 22 fr case 21 , , PUNCT _ 22 fr punct 22 fr fr NOUN Number=Sing 19 comes obl 23 . . PUNCT _ 3 goes punct 24 " " PUNCT _ 3 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Your mate vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 fall off in a quote past animals roofs in storms vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient roof=Extent in storm=Attribute 3 is in a quote present that where property tree rules 4 come in a quote present cats and dogs fr vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from fr=Initial_Location
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: ("Fr" means for real.)
punct punct nsubj punct case obl punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Fr NOUN " PUNCT means VERB for ADP real ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Fr punct 3 Fr fr NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Fr punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 for for ADP _ 7 real case 7 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means obl 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 Fr for real vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot for real=Attribute
Sentence 3: What's fairest?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX fairest ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 fairest nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fairest cop 3 fairest fair ADJ Degree=Sup root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 fairest punct
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1 is present fair property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice It came from a cartoon in 2010
nsubj case det obl case obl root It PRON came VERB from ADP a DET cartoon NOUN in ADP 2010 NUM 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 2 came nsubj 2 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 from from ADP _ 5 cartoon case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 cartoon det 5 cartoon cartoon NOUN Number=Sing 2 came obl 6 in in ADP _ 7 2010 case 7 2010 2010 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 came obl
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1 come past It a cartoon in 2010 vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from cartoon=Initial_Location
Option 2 It comes from a real storm in Paris
nsubj case det amod obl case nmod root It PRON comes VERB from ADP a DET real ADJ storm NOUN in ADP Paris 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 2 comes nsubj 2 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 from from ADP _ 6 storm case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 storm det 5 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 6 storm amod 6 storm storm NOUN Number=Sing 2 comes obl 7 in in ADP _ 8 Paris case 8 Paris Paris PROPN Number=Sing 6 storm nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come present It a real storm in Paris vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from storm=Initial_Location
Option 3 He's right, it's proven history, written down in old newspapers
nsubj cop punct nsubj cop amod conj punct acl compound:prt case amod obl root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX proven VERB history NOUN , PUNCT written VERB down ADP in ADP old ADJ newspapers NOUN 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 history punct 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 history nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 history cop 7 proven prove VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 history amod 8 history history NOUN Number=Sing 3 right conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 written punct 10 written write VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 history acl 11 down down ADP _ 10 written compound:prt 12 in in ADP _ 14 newspapers case 13 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 14 newspapers amod 14 newspapers newspaper NOUN Number=Plur 10 written obl
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1 is present He right property tree rules 2 prove participle vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent 3 is a present it proven history tree rules 4 write down participle proven history not said here old newspapers vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in newspaper=Destination
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer That story is not proven; nobody is sure of the origin
det nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod punct nsubj cop conj case det obl root That DET story NOUN is AUX not PART proven VERB ; PUNCT nobody PRON is AUX sure ADJ of ADP the DET origin NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 2 story det 2 story story NOUN Number=Sing 5 proven nsubj:pass 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 proven aux:pass 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 proven advmod 5 proven prove VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 9 sure punct 7 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 9 sure nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 sure cop 9 sure sure ADJ Degree=Pos 5 proven conj 10 of of ADP _ 12 origin case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 origin det 12 origin origin NOUN Number=Sing 9 sure obl
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1 not prove present · passive that story vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme 2 is present nobody of the origin; sure property tree rules
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