Test 5 · ★★ · Sarcasm and tone of voice Your nan from Wales says "lush weather for a picnic, isn't it" as hail bounces off the car. ("Lush" means lovely.) What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan, hail, Lush · What happens: say, not be, bounce off, mean · To what, where: lush weather, picnic, car · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Your nan from Wales says "lush weather for a picnic, isn't it" as hail bounces off the car.
nmod:poss nsubj case nmod punct amod obj case det nmod punct cop advmod ccomp punct mark nsubj advcl case det obl punct root Your PRON nan NOUN from ADP Wales PROPN says VERB " PUNCT lush ADJ weather NOUN for ADP a DET picnic NOUN , PUNCT is AUX n't PART it PRON " PUNCT as SCONJ hail NOUN bounces VERB off ADP the DET car NOUN . PUNCT 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 5 says nsubj 3 from from ADP _ 4 Wales case 4 Wales Wales PROPN Number=Sing 2 nan nmod 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 weather punct 7 lush lush ADJ Degree=Pos 8 weather amod 8 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 5 says obj 9 for for ADP _ 11 picnic case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 picnic det 11 picnic picnic NOUN Number=Sing 8 weather nmod 12 , , PUNCT _ 15 it punct 13 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 it cop 14 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 15 it advmod 15 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 says ccomp 16 " " PUNCT _ 15 it punct 17 as as SCONJ _ 19 bounces mark 18 hail hail NOUN Number=Sing 19 bounces nsubj 19 bounces bounce VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 says advcl 20 off off ADP _ 22 car case 21 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 22 car det 22 car car NOUN Number=Sing 19 bounces obl 23 . . PUNCT _ 5 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your nan from Wales lush weather for a picnic vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent weather=Topic 2 not is a in a quote present picnic tree rules 3 bounce off present hail the car vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=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: ("Lush" means lovely.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Lush PROPN " PUNCT means VERB lovely ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lush punct 3 Lush Lush PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lush punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 lovely lovely ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Lush lovely property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What does she mean?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX she PRON mean VERB ? PUNCT 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 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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 Lush vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice The weather is really lovely for a picnic
det nsubj cop advmod case det obl root The DET weather NOUN is AUX really ADV lovely ADJ for ADP a DET picnic NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 weather det 2 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 5 lovely nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 lovely cop 4 really really ADV _ 5 lovely advmod 5 lovely lovely ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 for for ADP _ 8 picnic case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 picnic det 8 picnic picnic NOUN Number=Sing 5 lovely obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the weather for a picnic; lovely property tree rules
Option 2 She loves hail
nsubj obj root She PRON loves VERB hail NOUN 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 loves nsubj 2 loves love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 hail hail NOUN Number=Sing 2 loves obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 love present She hail vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hail=Stimulus
Option 3 The picnic is ready
det nsubj cop root The DET picnic NOUN is AUX ready ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 picnic det 2 picnic picnic NOUN Number=Sing 4 ready nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 ready cop 4 ready ready ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the picnic ready property tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer The weather is awful for a picnic
det nsubj cop case det obl root The DET weather NOUN is AUX awful ADJ for ADP a DET picnic NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 weather det 2 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 4 awful nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 awful cop 4 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 for for ADP _ 7 picnic case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 picnic det 7 picnic picnic NOUN Number=Sing 4 awful obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the weather for a picnic; awful property tree rules
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