Test 3 · Verbs: doing words and being words A Gen Z cousin says "ngl 'ate' is ruined now, it doesn't mean food anymore." ("Ngl" means not gonna lie.) What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Z cousin, ngl · What happens: say, ruin, not mean, lie, be · To what, where: ngl, food · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 3 «Verbs: doing words and being words» 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 Gen Z cousin says "ngl 'ate' is ruined now, it doesn't mean food anymore."
det compound compound nsubj punct nsubj:pass punct appos punct aux:pass ccomp advmod punct nsubj aux advmod parataxis obj advmod punct punct root A DET Gen NOUN Z NOUN cousin NOUN says VERB " PUNCT ngl NOUN ' PUNCT ate NOUN ' PUNCT is AUX ruined VERB now ADV , PUNCT it PRON does AUX n't PART mean VERB food NOUN anymore ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 cousin det 2 Gen gen NOUN Number=Sing 3 Z compound 3 Z z NOUN Number=Sing 4 cousin compound 4 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 7 ngl punct 7 ngl ngl NOUN Number=Sing 12 ruined nsubj:pass 8 ' ' PUNCT _ 9 ate punct 9 ate ate NOUN Number=Sing 7 ngl appos 10 ' ' PUNCT _ 9 ate punct 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 ruined aux:pass 12 ruined ruin VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 says ccomp 13 now now ADV PronType=Dem 12 ruined advmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 18 mean punct 15 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 18 mean nsubj 16 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 mean aux 17 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 18 mean advmod 18 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 says parataxis 19 food food NOUN Number=Sing 18 mean obj 20 anymore anymore ADV _ 18 mean advmod 21 . . PUNCT _ 5 says punct 22 " " PUNCT _ 5 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Z cousin vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 ruin in a quote present · passive ngl now vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient 3 not mean in a quote present · do-support ngl food anymore property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic
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: ("Ngl" means not gonna lie.)
punct punct nsubj punct advmod dep xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Ngl PROPN " PUNCT means VERB not PART gonna X lie VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Ngl punct 3 Ngl Ngl PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Ngl punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 means advmod 7 gonna gonna X Foreign=Yes 8 lie dep 8 lie lie VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 means xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not mean present Ngl vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 lie not said to happen infinitive Ngl not said here vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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 "Ate" was never a verb
punct nsubj punct cop advmod det root " PUNCT Ate NOUN " PUNCT was AUX never ADV a DET verb NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Ate punct 2 Ate ate NOUN Number=Sing 7 verb nsubj 3 " " PUNCT _ 2 Ate punct 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 verb cop 5 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 verb advmod 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 verb det 7 verb verb NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is a past Ate a verb tree rules
Option 2 He's right, the word eat has lost its old meaning completely
nsubj cop punct det nsubj:pass acl:relcl aux parataxis nmod:poss amod obj advmod root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT the DET word NOUN eat VERB has AUX lost VERB its PRON old ADJ meaning NOUN completely ADV 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 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 lost punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 word det 6 word word NOUN Number=Sing 9 lost nsubj:pass 7 eat eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 word acl:relcl 8 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 lost aux 9 lost lose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 right parataxis 10 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 meaning nmod:poss 11 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 12 meaning amod 12 meaning meaning NOUN Number=Sing 9 lost obj 13 completely completely ADV _ 9 lost advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 eat present the word not said here vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 lose present · perfect · passive the word completely property tree rules 4 mean word nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer The old meaning stays and the slang meaning is added
det amod nsubj cc det compound nsubj:pass aux:pass conj root The DET old ADJ meaning NOUN stays VERB and CCONJ the DET slang NOUN meaning NOUN is AUX added VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 meaning det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 meaning amod 3 meaning meaning NOUN Number=Sing 4 stays nsubj 4 stays stay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 10 added cc 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 meaning det 7 slang slang NOUN Number=Sing 8 meaning compound 8 meaning meaning NOUN Number=Sing 10 added nsubj:pass 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 added aux:pass 10 added add VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 stays conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay present the old meaning vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 add speech: assert present · passive the slang meaning vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Option 4 The slang meaning was there first
det compound nsubj cop advmod root The DET slang NOUN meaning NOUN was AUX there ADV first ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 meaning det 2 slang slang NOUN Number=Sing 3 meaning compound 3 meaning meaning NOUN Number=Sing 5 there nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 there cop 5 there there ADV PronType=Dem root root 6 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 5 there advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past the slang meaning first, there property tree rules
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