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Test 11 · ★★ · Sarcasm and tone of voice

A teacher says "Lovely, Tom, very helpful" when Tom knocks over the paints. What is she showing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, Tom · What happens: say, knock, show · To what, where: paints · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Sarcasm and tone of voice» 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 teacher says "Lovely, Tom, very helpful" when Tom knocks over the paints.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	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 Lovely	punct
5	Lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Tom	punct
7	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Lovely	vocative
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 helpful	punct
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 helpful	advmod
10	helpful	helpful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Lovely	conj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Lovely	punct
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 knocks	mark
13	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 knocks	nsubj
14	knocks	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
15	over	over	ADP	_	17 paints	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 paints	det
17	paints	paint	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 knocks	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a teacher						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	knock	present	Tom			the paints			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over paint=Location

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 is she showing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · progressive	Tom						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She is truly pleased

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	4 pleased	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 pleased	cop
3	truly	truly	ADV	_	4 pleased	advmod
4	pleased	pleased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					pleased, truly property	tree rules

Option 2

She wants more paint spilled

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	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 paint	amod
4	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obj
5	spilled	spill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 paint	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	She	more paint					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot paint=Theme
2	spill	participle		more paint not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She is giving Tom a reward

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 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	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 giving	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 reward	det
6	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 giving	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · progressive	She	a reward	Tom				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent tom=Recipient reward=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She's annoyed and teasing

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 annoyed	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 annoyed	cop
3	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 teasing	cc
5	teasing	tease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 annoyed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					annoyed property	tree rules
2	tease	gerund	She not said here						vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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