Test 3 · Homophones: words that sound the same Ivy's mate from Edinburgh says "aye, which and witch are no the same tae me." ("Aye" means yes, "no" here means not, "tae" means to.) What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Aye, no, tae · What happens: say, be, mean, not mean · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 27 «Homophones: words that sound the same» 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: Ivy's mate from Edinburgh says "aye, which and witch are no the same tae me."
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct discourse punct nsubj cc conj cop discourse det ccomp nsubj parataxis punct punct root Ivy PROPN 's PART mate NOUN from ADP Edinburgh PROPN says VERB " PUNCT aye INTJ , PUNCT which PRON and CCONJ witch NOUN are AUX no INTJ the DET same ADJ tae X me PRON . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ivy Ivy PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ivy case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 4 from from ADP _ 5 Edinburgh case 5 Edinburgh Edinburgh PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 " " PUNCT _ 8 aye punct 8 aye aye INTJ _ 16 same discourse 9 , , PUNCT _ 16 same punct 10 which which PRON PronType=Rel 16 same nsubj 11 and and CCONJ _ 12 witch cc 12 witch witch NOUN Number=Sing 10 which conj 13 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 same cop 14 no no INTJ Polarity=Neg 16 same discourse 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 same det 16 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 6 says ccomp 17 tae tae X Foreign=Yes 18 me nsubj 18 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 16 same parataxis 19 . . PUNCT _ 6 says punct 20 " " PUNCT _ 6 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Ivy's mate from Edinburgh vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present same property tree rules
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: ("Aye" means yes, "no" here means not, "tae" means to.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj punct punct nsubj punct advmod parataxis advmod punct punct nsubj punct conj xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Aye NOUN " PUNCT means VERB yes INTJ , PUNCT " PUNCT no NOUN " PUNCT here ADV means VERB not PART , PUNCT " PUNCT tae X " PUNCT means VERB to PART . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Aye punct 3 Aye aye NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Aye punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 means obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 means punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 no punct 9 no no NOUN Number=Sing 12 means nsubj 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 no punct 11 here here ADV PronType=Dem 9 no advmod 12 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 means parataxis 13 not not PART Polarity=Neg 12 means advmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 18 means punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 16 tae punct 16 tae tae X Foreign=Yes 18 means nsubj 17 " " PUNCT _ 16 tae punct 18 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 means conj 19 to to PART _ 18 means xcomp 20 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 21 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Aye vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yes=Topic 2 not mean present no vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 3 mean present tae vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Many Scots really say them differently
amod nsubj advmod obj advmod root Many ADJ Scots PROPN really ADV say VERB them PRON differently ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Many many ADJ Degree=Pos 2 Scots amod 2 Scots Scot PROPN Number=Plur 4 say nsubj 3 really really ADV _ 4 say advmod 4 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 say obj 6 differently differently ADV _ 4 say advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Many Scots them = they differently property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Topic
Option 2 She's putting on an act to sound more Scottish
nsubj aux case det obl mark advcl advmod xcomp root She PRON 's AUX putting VERB on ADP an DET act NOUN to PART sound VERB more ADV Scottish ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 putting nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 putting aux 3 putting put VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 on on ADP _ 6 act case 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 act det 6 act act NOUN Number=Sing 3 putting obl 7 to to PART _ 8 sound mark 8 sound sound VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 putting advcl 9 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 10 Scottish advmod 10 Scottish Scottish ADJ Degree=Pos 8 sound xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 put present · progressive She a act vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on act=Destination 2 sound to-infinitive She not said here scottish property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Option 3 They sound the same everywhere
nsubj det obj advmod root They PRON sound VERB the DET same ADJ everywhere ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 sound nsubj 2 sound sound VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 same det 4 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 2 sound obj 5 everywhere everywhere ADV PronType=Tot 2 sound advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sound present They the same everywhere property vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location same=Theme
Option 4 Scottish accents are wrong
amod nsubj cop root Scottish ADJ accents NOUN are AUX wrong ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Scottish Scottish ADJ Degree=Pos 2 accents amod 2 accents accent NOUN Number=Plur 4 wrong nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 wrong cop 4 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Scottish accents wrong property tree rules
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