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Test 8 · ★★ · Idioms taken literally

Zoe asks "do parrots get sick after football?" What would you say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zoe, you · What happens: ask, do, say · To what, where: parrots · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Zoe asks "do parrots get sick after football?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 asks	nsubj
2	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asks	xcomp
5	parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 do	obj
6	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 sick	aux:pass
7	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 do	xcomp
8	after	after	ADP	_	9 football	case
9	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Zoe						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do not said to happen, in a quote	infinitive	Zoe not said here	parrots			after football	sick property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Eventuality

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 would you say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	you						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It means the team has a pet parrot that watches

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 team	det
4	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 parrot	det
7	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 parrot	compound
8	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 watches	nsubj
10	watches	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 parrot	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	the team	a pet parrot					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Patient
3	watch	present	a pet parrot						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, parrots hate football

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 hate	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	parrots	parrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hate	nsubj
4	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	parrots	football					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer football=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

"Sick as a parrot" just means very disappointed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Sick	punct
2	Sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 means	csubj
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 parrot	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 parrot	det
5	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Sick	obl
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Sick	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 means	advmod
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 disappointed	advmod
10	disappointed	disappointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 means	xcomp

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

Option 4

It means the players were ill

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 players	det
4	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ill	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ill	cop
6	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the players					ill property	tree rules

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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