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Test 10 · Adjectives and adverbs: describing things and actions

A Gen Z kid says "she literally ate the exam, no cap." What's going on?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Z kid, kid · What happens: say, eat, go on · To what, where: exam · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 4 «Adjectives and adverbs: describing things and actions» 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 kid says "she literally ate the exam, no cap."

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	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Z	compound
3	Z	z	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kid	compound
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	_	9 ate	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ate	nsubj
8	literally	literally	ADV	_	9 ate	advmod
9	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 exam	det
11	exam	exam	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ate	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cap	punct
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 cap	det
14	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 exam	appos
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 ate	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Z kid						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	eat in a quote	past	kid	the exam				literally property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exam=Patient

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: What's going on?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 going	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	3 going	compound:prt
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on	present · progressive							vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

She copied the exam from someone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 copied	nsubj
2	copied	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 exam	det
4	exam	exam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 copied	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 someone	case
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 copied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	past	She	the exam		someone			vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exam=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Literally is used to make it stronger; she did really well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Literally	literally	ADV	_	3 used	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 used	aux:pass
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 make	xcomp
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 did	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 did	nsubj
10	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 used	conj
11	really	really	ADV	_	10 did	advmod
12	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 did	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive						literally property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»
2	make	to-infinitive		it				strong property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
3	do	past	she					well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She really ate the exam paper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ate	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	3 ate	advmod
3	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 paper	det
5	exam	exam	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paper	compound
6	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	She	the exam paper					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Patient

Option 4

She failed the exam badly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 failed	nsubj
2	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 exam	det
4	exam	exam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 failed	obj
5	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 failed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fail	past	She	the exam				badly property	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exam=Eventuality

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