Test 7 · ★★ · Sarcasm and tone of voice Your dad, a big fan of 80s films, says "Oh, this is gonna be RAD" in a flat voice as the car breaks down. ("Rad" means great, 1980s slang.) Is he happy?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, this, car, Rad · What happens: say, be, break down, mean · To what, where: flat voice · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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 dad, a big fan of 80s films, says "Oh, this is gonna be RAD" in a flat voice as the car breaks down.
nmod:poss nsubj punct det amod conj case compound nmod punct punct discourse punct nsubj cop mark cop ccomp punct case det amod obl mark det nsubj advcl compound:prt punct root Your PRON dad NOUN , PUNCT a DET big ADJ fan NOUN of ADP 80s NOUN films NOUN , PUNCT says VERB " PUNCT Oh INTJ , PUNCT this PRON is AUX gonna PART be AUX RAD ADJ " PUNCT in ADP a DET flat ADJ voice NOUN as SCONJ the DET car NOUN breaks VERB down ADP . 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 dad nmod:poss 2 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 11 says nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 fan punct 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 fan det 5 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 6 fan amod 6 fan fan NOUN Number=Sing 2 dad conj 7 of of ADP _ 9 films case 8 80s 80 NOUN Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card 9 films compound 9 films film NOUN Number=Plur 6 fan nmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 2 dad punct 11 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 12 " " PUNCT _ 19 RAD punct 13 Oh oh INTJ _ 19 RAD discourse 14 , , PUNCT _ 13 Oh punct 15 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 19 RAD nsubj 16 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 RAD cop 17 gonna gonna PART _ 19 RAD mark 18 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 19 RAD cop 19 RAD rad ADJ Degree=Pos 11 says ccomp 20 " " PUNCT _ 19 RAD punct 21 in in ADP _ 24 voice case 22 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 24 voice det 23 flat flat ADJ Degree=Pos 24 voice amod 24 voice voice NOUN Number=Sing 19 RAD obl 25 as as SCONJ _ 28 breaks mark 26 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 27 car det 27 car car NOUN Number=Sing 28 breaks nsubj 28 breaks break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 RAD advcl 29 down down ADP _ 28 breaks compound:prt 30 . . PUNCT _ 11 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your dad and a big fan of 80s films vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present this a flat voice rad property tree rules 3 break down present the car vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
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: ("Rad" means great, 1980s slang.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct compound parataxis punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Rad NOUN " PUNCT means VERB great ADJ , PUNCT 1980s NOUN slang NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Rad punct 3 Rad rad NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Rad punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 slang punct 8 1980s 1980s NOUN Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card 9 slang compound 9 slang slang NOUN Number=Sing 5 means parataxis 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Rad great property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Is he happy?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX he PRON happy ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 happy cop 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 happy nsubj 3 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 happy punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Rad happy property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice He's talking about a film
nsubj aux case det obl root He PRON 's AUX talking VERB about ADP a DET film NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 talking nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 talking aux 3 talking talk VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 about about ADP _ 6 film case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 film det 6 film film NOUN Number=Sing 3 talking obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 talk present · progressive He about a film vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about film=Topic
Option 2 Yes, he's going to fix it with joy
discourse punct nsubj aux mark xcomp obj case obl root Yes INTJ , PUNCT he PRON 's AUX going VERB to PART fix VERB it PRON with ADP joy NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 going discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 going nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 going aux 5 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 to to PART _ 7 fix mark 7 fix fix VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 going xcomp 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 fix obj 9 with with ADP _ 10 joy case 10 joy joy NOUN Number=Sing 7 fix obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present · progressive he vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 fix to-infinitive he not said here it with joy vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Patient with joy=Co-Patient
Option 3 Yes, he loves broken cars
discourse punct nsubj amod obj root Yes INTJ , PUNCT he PRON loves VERB broken VERB cars NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 loves discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 loves nsubj 4 loves love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 broken break VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 cars amod 6 cars car NOUN Number=Plur 4 loves obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 love present he broken cars vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus 2 break participle vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer No, he's being sarcastic
discourse punct nsubj cop cop root No INTJ , PUNCT he PRON 's AUX being AUX sarcastic ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 sarcastic discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 sarcastic nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 sarcastic cop 5 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 sarcastic cop 6 sarcastic sarcastic ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present he sarcastic property tree rules
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