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Test 11 · ★ · Texting, abbreviations and emoji

Your grandad in Yorkshire texts "SITTING IN T'CAR, WHERE ARE YOU LOT." ("T'" means the.) Should you assume he's furious?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad texts, YOU, T · What happens: sit, be, mean, assume · To what, where: T'CAR, the

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 30 «Texting, abbreviations and emoji» 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 grandad in Yorkshire texts "SITTING IN T'CAR, WHERE ARE YOU LOT."

nmod:posscompoundcasenmodnsubjpunctcaseoblpunctadvmodcopnsubjacl:relclpunctpunctrootYourPRONgrandadNOUNinADPYorkshirePROPNtextsNOUN"PUNCTSITTINGVERBINADPT'CARPROPN,PUNCTWHEREADVAREAUXYOUPRONLOTADJ.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 grandadnmod:poss
2grandadgrandadNOUNNumber=Sing5 textscompound
3ininADP_4 Yorkshirecase
4YorkshireYorkshirePROPNNumber=Sing2 grandadnmod
5textstextNOUNNumber=Plur7 SITTINGnsubj
6""PUNCT_7 SITTINGpunct
7SITTINGsitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
8INinADP_9 T'CARcase
9T'CART'CARPROPNNumber=Sing7 SITTINGobl
10,,PUNCT_14 LOTpunct
11WHEREwhereADVPronType=Rel14 LOTadvmod
12AREbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 LOTcop
13YOUyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs14 LOTnsubj
14LOTlotADJDegree=Pos9 T'CARacl:relcl
15..PUNCT_7 SITTINGpunct
16""PUNCT_7 SITTINGpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sit in a quotegerundgrandad textsT'CARvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in t'car=Location
2is in a quotepresentYOUlot propertytree 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: ("T'" means the.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctpunctobjpunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTTNOUN'PUNCT"PUNCTmeansVERBtheDET.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_6 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_3 Tpunct
3TtNOUNNumber=Sing6 meansnsubj
4''PUNCT_3 Tpunct
5""PUNCT_3 Tpunct
6meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 meansobj
8..PUNCT_6 meanspunct
9))PUNCT_6 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentTthevn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent the=Topic

Sentence 3: Should you assume he's furious?

auxnsubjnsubjcopccomppunctrootShouldAUXyouPRONassumeVERBhePRON'sAUXfuriousADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ShouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 assumeaux
2youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 assumensubj
3assumeassumeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 furiousnsubj
5'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 furiouscop
6furiousfuriousADJDegree=Pos3 assumeccomp
7??PUNCT_3 assumepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1assumeshouldyouvn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2ispresentTfurious propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, Yorkshire people are always cross

discoursepunctcompoundnsubjcopadvmodrootYesINTJ,PUNCTYorkshirePROPNpeopleNOUNareAUXalwaysADVcrossADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos7 crossdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3YorkshireYorkshirePROPNNumber=Sing4 peoplecompound
4peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur7 crossnsubj
5arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 crosscop
6alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot7 crossadvmod
7crosscrossADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentYorkshire peoplealways, cross propertytree rules

Option 2

Yes, capitals always mean anger, whoever types them and whatever their age

discoursepunctnsubjadvmodobjpunctnsubjconjobjccobjnmod:possnsubjrootYesINTJ,PUNCTcapitalsNOUNalwaysADVmeanVERBangerNOUN,PUNCTwhoeverPRONtypesVERBthemPRONandCCONJwhateverPRONtheirPRONageNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos5 meandiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3capitalscapitalNOUNNumber=Plur5 meannsubj
4alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot5 meanadvmod
5meanmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6angerangerNOUNNumber=Sing5 meanobj
7,,PUNCT_9 typespunct
8whoeverwhoeverPRONPronType=Rel9 typesnsubj
9typestypeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 meanconj
10themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs9 typesobj
11andandCCONJ_12 whatevercc
12whateverwhateverPRONPronType=Rel9 typesobj
13theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 agenmod:poss
14ageageNOUNNumber=Sing12 whatevernsubj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentcapitalsangeralways propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Topic
2typepresentwhoevercapitals = capitaltree rules

Option 3

No, capitals mean he is happy

discoursepunctnsubjnsubjcopccomprootNoINTJ,PUNCTcapitalsNOUNmeanVERBhePRONisAUXhappyADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg4 meandiscourse
2,,PUNCT_4 meanpunct
3capitalscapitalNOUNNumber=Plur4 meannsubj
4meanmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 happynsubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 happycop
7happyhappyADJDegree=Pos4 meanccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentcapitalsvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2ispresenthehappy propertytree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Not necessarily; many older people type in capitals to read easily

advmodadvmodpunctamodamodnsubjcaseoblmarkadvcladvmodrootNotPARTnecessarilyADV;PUNCTmanyADJolderADJpeopleNOUNtypeVERBinADPcapitalsNOUNtoPARTreadVERBeasilyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NotnotPARTPolarity=Neg2 necessarilyadvmod
2necessarilynecessarilyADV_4 manyadvmod
3;;PUNCT_2 necessarilypunct
4manymanyADJDegree=Pos6 peopleamod
5olderoldADJDegree=Cmp6 peopleamod
6peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur7 typensubj
7typetypeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8ininADP_9 capitalscase
9capitalscapitalNOUNNumber=Plur7 typeobl
10totoPART_11 readmark
11readreadVERBVerbForm=Inf7 typeadvcl
12easilyeasilyADV_11 readadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1typepresentmany older peoplecapitalsvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in capital=Destination
2readto-infinitivemany older people not said hereeasily propertyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: 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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