Test 3 · Adjectives and adverbs: describing things and actions Gran from Dudley says "Ow bist? That cake was bostin'!" ("Ow bist" means how are you.) What does she think of the cake?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran, cake, Ow bist, bist · What happens: say, be, mean, think · To what, where: Ow bist, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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: Gran from Dudley says "Ow bist?
nsubj case nmod punct compound obj punct root Gran PROPN from ADP Dudley PROPN says VERB " PUNCT Ow PROPN bist NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 2 from from ADP _ 3 Dudley case 3 Dudley Dudley PROPN Number=Sing 1 Gran nmod 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 Ow punct 6 Ow Ow PROPN Number=Sing 7 bist compound 7 bist bist NOUN Number=Sing 4 says obj 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Gran from Dudley Ow bist vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bist=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: That cake was bostin'!"
det nsubj cop punct punct punct root That DET cake NOUN was AUX bostin ADJ ' PUNCT ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 2 cake det 2 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 4 bostin nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 bostin cop 4 bostin bostin ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 ' ' PUNCT _ 4 bostin punct 6 ! ! PUNCT _ 4 bostin punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 4 bostin punct
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1 is past that cake bostin property tree rules
Sentence 3: ("Ow bist" means how are you.)
punct punct compound nsubj punct advmod cop obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Ow PROPN bist NOUN " PUNCT means VERB how ADV are AUX you PRON . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 4 bist punct 3 Ow Ow PROPN Number=Sing 4 bist compound 4 bist bist NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 bist punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 how how ADV PronType=Int 9 you advmod 8 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 you cop 9 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 means obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
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1 mean present Ow bist vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is a present you tree rules
Sentence 4: What does she think of the cake?
obj aux nsubj case det obl punct root What PRON does AUX she PRON think VERB of ADP the DET cake NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 think obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 think aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 think nsubj 4 think think VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 cake case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 cake det 7 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 4 think obl 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 think punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other present · do-support bist of the cake vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer It was brilliant
nsubj cop root It PRON was AUX brilliant ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 brilliant nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 brilliant cop 3 brilliant brilliant ADJ Degree=Pos root root
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1 is past It brilliant property tree rules
Option 2 It was boring
nsubj cop root It PRON was AUX boring ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 boring nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 boring cop 3 boring boring ADJ Degree=Pos root root
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1 is past It boring property tree rules
Option 3 It was too sweet
nsubj cop advmod root It PRON was AUX too ADV sweet ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 sweet nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 sweet cop 3 too too ADV _ 4 sweet advmod 4 sweet sweet ADJ Degree=Pos root root
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1 is past It sweet property tree rules
Option 4 It was burnt
nsubj:pass aux:pass root It PRON was AUX burnt VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 burnt nsubj:pass 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 burnt aux:pass 3 burnt burnt VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 burnt past · passive It tree rules
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