Test 3 · Sign language A Gen Alpha kid says "the interpreter on telly is lowkey sus, Deaf people can just read subs." ("Sus" means suspicious; "subs" means subtitles.) What's fairer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gen kid, interpreter, Deaf people, Sus, subs · What happens: say, be, read, mean · To what, where: lowkey sus, subs, subtitles · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 32 «Sign language» 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 Alpha kid says "the interpreter on telly is lowkey sus, Deaf people can just read subs."
det compound flat nsubj punct det nsubj case nmod cop amod ccomp punct amod nsubj aux advmod parataxis obj punct punct root A DET Gen PROPN Alpha PROPN kid NOUN says VERB " PUNCT the DET interpreter NOUN on ADP telly NOUN is AUX lowkey ADJ sus NOUN , PUNCT Deaf ADJ people NOUN can AUX just ADV read VERB subs NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 kid det 2 Gen Gen PROPN Number=Sing 4 kid compound 3 Alpha Alpha PROPN Number=Sing 2 Gen flat 4 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 13 sus punct 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 interpreter det 8 interpreter interpreter NOUN Number=Sing 13 sus nsubj 9 on on ADP _ 10 telly case 10 telly telly NOUN Number=Sing 8 interpreter nmod 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 sus cop 12 lowkey lowkey ADJ Degree=Pos 13 sus amod 13 sus sus NOUN Number=Sing 5 says ccomp 14 , , PUNCT _ 19 read punct 15 Deaf deaf ADJ Degree=Pos 16 people amod 16 people people NOUN Number=Plur 19 read nsubj 17 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 19 read aux 18 just just ADV _ 19 read advmod 19 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 sus parataxis 20 subs sub NOUN Number=Plur 19 read obj 21 . . PUNCT _ 13 sus punct 22 " " PUNCT _ 13 sus punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Gen kid vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present the interpreter on telly lowkey sus tree rules 3 read in a quote can Deaf people subs vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sub=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: ("Sus" means suspicious; "subs" means subtitles.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct nsubj punct conj obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Sus NOUN " PUNCT means VERB suspicious ADJ ; PUNCT " PUNCT subs NOUN " PUNCT means VERB subtitles NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Sus punct 3 Sus sus NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Sus punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 suspicious suspicious ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 11 means punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 subs punct 9 subs sub NOUN Number=Plur 11 means nsubj 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 subs punct 11 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 means conj 12 subtitles subtitle NOUN Number=Plur 11 means obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Sus suspicious property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 mean present subs subtitles vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subtitle=Topic
Sentence 3: What's fairer?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX fairer ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 fairer nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fairer cop 3 fairer fair ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 fairer punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present fair property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice He's right, interpreters are pointless because every Deaf person reads subtitles easily
nsubj cop punct nsubj cop parataxis mark det amod nsubj advcl obj advmod root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT interpreters NOUN are AUX pointless ADJ because SCONJ every DET Deaf ADJ person NOUN reads VERB subtitles NOUN easily 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 _ 7 pointless punct 5 interpreters interpreter NOUN Number=Plur 7 pointless nsubj 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 pointless cop 7 pointless pointless ADJ Degree=Pos 3 right parataxis 8 because because SCONJ _ 12 reads mark 9 every every DET PronType=Tot 11 person det 10 Deaf deaf ADJ Degree=Pos 11 person amod 11 person person NOUN Number=Sing 12 reads nsubj 12 reads read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right advcl 13 subtitles subtitle NOUN Number=Plur 12 reads obj 14 easily easily ADV _ 12 reads advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 is present interpreters pointless property tree rules 3 read present every Deaf person subtitles easily property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subtitle=Topic
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer For many Deaf people sign is their first language, so interpreters matter
case amod amod nsubj cop nmod:poss amod obj punct advmod nsubj parataxis root For ADP many ADJ Deaf ADJ people NOUN sign VERB is AUX their PRON first ADJ language NOUN , PUNCT so ADV interpreters NOUN matter VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 For for ADP _ 4 people case 2 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 4 people amod 3 Deaf deaf ADJ Degree=Pos 4 people amod 4 people people NOUN Number=Plur 5 sign nsubj 5 sign sign VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 language cop 7 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 language nmod:poss 8 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 9 language amod 9 language language NOUN Number=Sing 5 sign obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 matter punct 11 so so ADV _ 13 matter advmod 12 interpreters interpreter NOUN Number=Plur 13 matter nsubj 13 matter matter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 sign parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sign present many Deaf people vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a present people's first language tree rules 3 matter present interpreters vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
Option 3 Subtitles are only for hearing people
nsubj aux advmod mark obj root Subtitles NOUN are AUX only ADV for SCONJ hearing VERB people NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Subtitles subtitle NOUN Number=Plur 5 hearing nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 hearing aux 3 only only ADV _ 5 hearing advmod 4 for for SCONJ _ 5 hearing mark 5 hearing hear VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 people people NOUN Number=Plur 5 hearing obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hear present · progressive Subtitles people vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus
Option 4 Interpreters are actors
nsubj cop root Interpreters NOUN are AUX actors NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Interpreters interpreter NOUN Number=Plur 3 actors nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 actors cop 3 actors actor NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Interpreters actors tree rules
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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