Test 5 · Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up
Your nan says "simmer down, pet" and your mate says "chill out". ("Pet" is a North East word for dear.) What's the difference?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, mate, Pet, difference · What happens: say, simmer down, chill out, be · To what, where: East word · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 26 «Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up» 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 nan says "simmer down, pet" and your mate says "chill out".
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 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 simmer | punct |
| 5 | simmer | simmer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 5 simmer | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 pet | punct |
| 8 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 simmer | vocative |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 simmer | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 says | cc |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 mate | nmod:poss |
| 12 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 says | nsubj |
| 13 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | conj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 chill | punct |
| 15 | chill | chill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 says | ccomp |
| 16 | out | out | ADP | _ | 15 chill | compound:prt |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 chill | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your nan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | simmer down in a quote | infinitive | pet vocative | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | your mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | chill out in a quote | infinitive | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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: ("Pet" is a North East word for dear.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 9 word | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Pet | punct |
| 3 | Pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 word | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Pet | punct |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 word | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 word | det |
| 7 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 East | compound |
| 8 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 word | compound |
| 9 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 dear | case |
| 11 | dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 word | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 word | punct |
| 13 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 9 word | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Pet | a East word | for dear | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What's the difference?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 difference | det |
| 4 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the difference | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nan wants you to cook
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 cook | mark |
| 5 | cook | cook | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Nan | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cook not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Same meaning, one older and one newer slang
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 meaning | amod |
| 2 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 older | punct |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 older | nummod |
| 5 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 meaning | amod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 slang | cc |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 slang | nummod |
| 8 | newer | new | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 slang | amod |
| 9 | slang | slang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 older | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Your mate wants you to go outside
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 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 wants | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 7 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Your mate | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | outside property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Nan is angry and your mate is not
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 angry | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 angry | cop |
| 3 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 mate | cc |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mate | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 angry | conj |
| 7 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 angry | conj |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 is | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nan | angry property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not be | present | Nan not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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