Test 9 · Sign language Your Kiwi mate says "sweet as, my NZ signs work with BSL heaps." ("Sweet as" means great; "heaps" means a lot.) Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kiwi mate, NZ signs, my, heaps, mate · What happens: say, work, sign, mean, be · To what, where: lot · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Your Kiwi mate says "sweet as, my NZ signs work with BSL heaps."
nmod:poss compound nsubj punct ccomp fixed punct nmod:poss compound nsubj ccomp case compound obl punct punct root Your PRON Kiwi NOUN mate NOUN says VERB " PUNCT sweet ADJ as ADP , PUNCT my PRON NZ PROPN signs NOUN work VERB with ADP BSL PROPN heaps NOUN . PUNCT " 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 3 mate nmod:poss 2 Kiwi kiwi NOUN Number=Sing 3 mate compound 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 sweet punct 6 sweet sweet ADJ Degree=Pos 4 says ccomp 7 as as ADP _ 6 sweet fixed 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 work punct 9 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 signs nmod:poss 10 NZ NZ PROPN Number=Sing 11 signs compound 11 signs sign NOUN Number=Plur 12 work nsubj 12 work work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 says ccomp 13 with with ADP _ 15 heaps case 14 BSL BSL PROPN Number=Sing 15 heaps compound 15 heaps heap NOUN Number=Plur 12 work obl 16 . . PUNCT _ 12 work punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 12 work punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your Kiwi mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 work in a quote present my NZ signs with BSL heaps vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with heap=Co-Agent 3 sign in a quote my nom sign «communication transitive»: poss=agent
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: ("Sweet as" means great; "heaps" means a lot.)
punct punct mark punct advcl xcomp punct punct nsubj punct parataxis det obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Sweet ADJ as SCONJ " PUNCT means VERB great ADJ ; PUNCT " PUNCT heaps NOUN " PUNCT means VERB a DET lot NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 Sweet punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Sweet punct 3 Sweet sweet ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 as as SCONJ _ 6 means mark 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 as punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 Sweet advcl 7 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 6 means xcomp 8 ; ; PUNCT _ 12 means punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 10 heaps punct 10 heaps heap NOUN Number=Plur 12 means nsubj 11 " " PUNCT _ 10 heaps punct 12 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 means parataxis 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 lot det 14 lot lot NOUN Number=Sing 12 means obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 Sweet punct 16 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 Sweet punct
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1 mean present great property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 mean present heaps a lot vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic
Sentence 3: Is he right?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX he PRON right 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 right cop 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present mate right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Yes, because NZ uses ASL
discourse punct mark nsubj obj root Yes INTJ , PUNCT because SCONJ NZ PROPN uses VERB ASL PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 uses discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 5 uses punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 5 uses mark 4 NZ NZ PROPN Number=Sing 5 uses nsubj 5 uses use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 ASL ASL PROPN Number=Sing 5 uses obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use present NZ ASL vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent asl=Patient
Option 2 No, NZ has no sign language
discourse punct nsubj det compound obj root No INTJ , PUNCT NZ PROPN has VERB no DET sign NOUN language NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 4 has discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 NZ NZ PROPN Number=Sing 4 has nsubj 4 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 no no DET PronType=Neg 7 language det 6 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 7 language compound 7 language language NOUN Number=Sing 4 has obj
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1 have present NZ no sign language vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Patient
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Yes, NZ Sign Language, BSL and Auslan are one family
discourse punct compound compound nsubj punct conj cc conj cop nummod root Yes INTJ , PUNCT NZ PROPN Sign PROPN Language PROPN , PUNCT BSL PROPN and CCONJ Auslan PROPN are AUX one NUM family NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 12 family discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 NZ NZ PROPN Number=Sing 5 Language compound 4 Sign Sign PROPN Number=Sing 5 Language compound 5 Language Language PROPN Number=Sing 12 family nsubj 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 BSL punct 7 BSL BSL PROPN Number=Sing 5 Language conj 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 Auslan cc 9 Auslan Auslan PROPN Number=Sing 5 Language conj 10 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 family cop 11 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 12 family nummod 12 family family NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present NZ Sign Language and BSL and Auslan one family tree rules
Option 4 No, they're totally unrelated
discourse punct nsubj cop advmod root No INTJ , PUNCT they PRON 're AUX totally ADV unrelated ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 unrelated discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 unrelated nsubj 4 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 unrelated cop 5 totally totally ADV _ 6 unrelated advmod 6 unrelated unrelated ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present they totally, unrelated property tree rules
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