Test 9 · Phrasal verbs: get up, give up, make up
Your bro texts "room's a tip, mum's fuming, sort it out or ur dead lol." What does he mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, room · What happens: text, be, sort out, mean · To what, where: tip, room · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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 bro texts "room's a tip, mum's fuming, sort it out or ur dead lol."
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 bro | nmod:poss |
| 2 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 texts | nsubj |
| 3 | texts | text | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 tip | punct |
| 5 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tip | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 tip | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 tip | det |
| 8 | tip | tip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 texts | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fuming | punct |
| 10 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fuming | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 mum | case |
| 12 | fuming | fuming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tip | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 sort | punct |
| 14 | sort | sort | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 texts | parataxis |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 sort | obj |
| 16 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 sort | compound:prt |
| 17 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 20 lol | cc |
| 18 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 lol | nmod:poss |
| 19 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 lol | amod |
| 20 | lol | lol | NOUN | _ | 14 sort | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 texts | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 texts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | text | present | Your bro | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | room | a tip and mum's fuming | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | sort out in a quote | infinitive | room | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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 does he 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 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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 | bro | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Mum is giving you money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 giving | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 giving | aux |
| 3 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 giving | iobj |
| 5 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 giving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · progressive | Mum | money | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient money=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Your room is very messy; tidy it before Mum gets cross
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 room | nmod:poss |
| 2 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 messy | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 messy | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 messy | advmod |
| 5 | messy | messy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 tidy | punct |
| 7 | tidy | tidy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 messy | parataxis |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 tidy | obj |
| 9 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 11 gets | mark |
| 10 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gets | nsubj |
| 11 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 tidy | advcl |
| 12 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Your room | messy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tidy | infinitive | room | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | get | present | Mum | cross | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cross=Stimulus |
Option 3
Your room has a real rubbish dump inside it, so Mum is calling the council
The tree, 15 words
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 room | nmod:poss |
| 2 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dump | det |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dump | amod |
| 6 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dump | compound |
| 7 | dump | dump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| 8 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 dump | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 calling | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 calling | advmod |
| 12 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 calling | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 calling | aux |
| 14 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 has | advcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 council | det |
| 16 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 calling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Your room | a real rubbish dump | dump | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dump=Patient | |||
| 2 | call | present · progressive | Mum | the council | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent council=Recipient |
Option 4
Your room needs a new tip jar
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 room | nmod:poss |
| 2 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 needs | nsubj |
| 3 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 jar | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 jar | amod |
| 6 | tip | tip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jar | compound |
| 7 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Your room | a new tip jar | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot jar=Theme |
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