Test 9 · Adjectives and adverbs: describing things and actions
Grandad, hearing "wicked" from a Bostonian, thinks the pizza is evil. What's the best way to explain?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, pizza, best way · What happens: think, be, explain · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Grandad, hearing "wicked" from a Bostonian, thinks the pizza is evil.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 hearing | punct |
| 3 | hearing | hearing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Grandad | appos |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 wicked | punct |
| 5 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hearing | amod |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 wicked | punct |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 Bostonian | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 Bostonian | det |
| 9 | Bostonian | Bostonian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wicked | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grandad | punct |
| 11 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 pizza | det |
| 13 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 evil | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 evil | cop |
| 15 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 thinks | ccomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 thinks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | Grandad | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the pizza | evil property | tree rules |
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 the best way to explain?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 explain | mark |
| 7 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best way | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | explain speech: assert | to-infinitive | the best way not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
In Boston wicked means very, so it's very good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Boston | case |
| 2 | Boston | Boston | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obl |
| 3 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 means | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 good | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 good | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 good | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 good | cop |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 good | advmod |
| 11 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | wicked | in Boston | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in boston=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | good property | tree rules |
Option 2
Wicked means small in America
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 America | case |
| 5 | America | America | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Wicked | in America; small property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in america=Attribute |
Option 3
It really is an evil pizza, with something nasty baked in
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 | 6 pizza | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 pizza | advmod |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pizza | cop |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pizza | det |
| 5 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pizza | amod |
| 6 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 something | punct |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 something | case |
| 9 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 pizza | appos |
| 10 | nasty | nasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 something | amod |
| 11 | baked | bake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 something | acl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 baked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a evil pizza | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bake in | participle | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Wicked is a Scottish word for cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wicked | wick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 word | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 word | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 word | det |
| 4 | Scottish | Scottish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 word | amod |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 cold | case |
| 7 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wick | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | a Scottish word | for cold | tree rules |
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