Test 10 · ★ · Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds
Your cousin from Perth says "grab ya togs, we'll take a selfie at the beach." ("Togs" means swimming costume.) What is a selfie?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, we, Togs, selfie · What happens: say, grab, take, mean, be · To what, where: togs, selfie, beach, swimming costume · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 37 «Building words: prefixes, suffixes and compounds» 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 cousin from Perth says "grab ya togs, we'll take a selfie at the beach."
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 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 Perth | case |
| 4 | Perth | Perth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 cousin | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 grab | punct |
| 7 | grab | grab | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 says | ccomp |
| 8 | ya | ya | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 togs | nmod:poss |
| 9 | togs | tog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 grab | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 take | punct |
| 11 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 take | nsubj |
| 12 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 take | aux |
| 13 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 grab | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 selfie | det |
| 15 | selfie | selfie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 take | obj |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 beach | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 beach | det |
| 18 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 take | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 grab | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 grab | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin from Perth | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | grab in a quote | infinitive | ya's togs | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tog=Theme | |||||
| 3 | take in a quote | future | we | a selfie | the beach | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent selfie=Theme at beach=Asset |
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: ("Togs" means swimming costume.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Togs | punct |
| 3 | Togs | tog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Togs | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 costume | compound |
| 7 | costume | costume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Togs | swimming costume | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent costume=Topic |
Sentence 3: What is a selfie?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 selfie | det |
| 4 | selfie | selfie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a selfie | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A type of Australian sunscreen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 type | det |
| 2 | type | type | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 sunscreen | case |
| 4 | Australian | Australian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sunscreen | amod |
| 5 | sunscreen | sunscreen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 type | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | type | Australian sunscreen | nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A photo you take of yourself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 photo | det |
| 2 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obl |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 take | nsubj |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 yourself | case |
| 6 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | you | a photo | of yourself | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of yourself=Initial_Location |
Option 3
A beach towel with your name
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 towel | det |
| 2 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 towel | compound |
| 3 | towel | towel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 name | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 name | nmod:poss |
| 6 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 towel | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | name | your | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
A swim on your own
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 swim | det |
| 2 | swim | swim | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 own | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 own | nmod:poss |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 swim | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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