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Test 5 · ★★ · Idioms taken literally

A Gen Z teen says "lowkey you hit the nail on the head, bestie." ("Lowkey" means a bit, quietly.) What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Z teen, lowkey · What happens: say, hit, mean · To what, where: nail, bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: A Gen Z teen says "lowkey you hit the nail on the head, bestie."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 teen	det
2	Gen	gen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Z	compound
3	Z	z	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 teen	compound
4	teen	teen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 lowkey	punct
7	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hit	nsubj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 hit	nsubj
9	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 nail	det
11	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hit	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 head	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 head	det
14	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hit	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 bestie	punct
16	bestie	bestie	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hit	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Z teen						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hit in a quote	past	lowkey	the nail				on the head; bestie obl	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent nail=Instrument on head=Patient

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 a bit, quietly.)

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bit	det
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 quietly	punct
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	5 means	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Lowkey	a bit				quietly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic

Sentence 3: What does she mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	lowkey						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

You hurt your hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 hurt	nsubj
2	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	past	You	your hand					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hand=Patient

Option 2

You told a lie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lie	det
4	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	You	a lie					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

You got it exactly right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	obj
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 right	advmod
5	right	right	ADV	_	2 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	You	it				right property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4

You need a hammer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hammer	det
4	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	You	a hammer					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hammer=Theme

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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