Test 5 · The big language quiz
Your Aussie mate texts "footy this arvo? then a cwtch with the dog lol." ("Footy" is football; "cwtch" is a Welsh word he picked up.) When is the football, and what's after?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aussie mate, Footy, cwtch, mate · What happens: text, be, pick up · To what, where: footy, football, Welsh word
This is test 5 of lesson 40 «The big language quiz» 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 Aussie mate texts "footy this arvo? then a cwtch with the dog lol."
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 | Aussie | aussie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | compound |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 texts | nsubj |
| 4 | texts | text | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 footy | punct |
| 6 | footy | footy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 texts | obj |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 arvo | det |
| 8 | arvo | arvo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 texts | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 texts | punct |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 cwtch | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 cwtch | det |
| 12 | cwtch | cwtch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 texts | parataxis |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 dog | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 dog | det |
| 15 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 cwtch | nmod |
| 16 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 texts | discourse |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 texts | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 texts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | text | present | Your Aussie mate | footy | 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: ("Footy" is football; "cwtch" is a Welsh word he picked up.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 football | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Footy | punct |
| 3 | Footy | footy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 football | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Footy | punct |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 football | cop |
| 6 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 word | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 cwtch | punct |
| 9 | cwtch | cwtch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 word | nsubj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 cwtch | punct |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 word | cop |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 word | det |
| 13 | Welsh | welsh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 word | amod |
| 14 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 football | appos |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 picked | nsubj |
| 16 | picked | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 word | acl:relcl |
| 17 | up | up | ADP | _ | 16 picked | compound:prt |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 football | punct |
| 19 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 football | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Footy | football | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | cwtch | a Welsh word | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | pick up | past | mate | a Welsh word not said here | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
Sentence 3: When is the football, and what's after?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 football | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 football | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 football | det |
| 4 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 what | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 what | cc |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 football | parataxis |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 after | cop |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 what | nsubj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 football | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the football | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tonight, then a bath for the dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 bath | punct |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 bath | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bath | det |
| 5 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tonight | appos |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 dog | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dog | det |
| 8 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bath | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
This morning, then a walk with the dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 morning | det |
| 2 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 walk | punct |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 walk | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 walk | det |
| 6 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 morning | nmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 dog | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dog | det |
| 9 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 walk | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
This afternoon, then a cuddle with the dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 afternoon | det |
| 2 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 cuddle | punct |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 cuddle | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cuddle | det |
| 6 | cuddle | cuddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 afternoon | appos |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 dog | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dog | det |
| 9 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cuddle | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Tomorrow, then dinner with the dog
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dinner | punct |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 dinner | advmod |
| 4 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tomorrow | conj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 dog | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dog | det |
| 7 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dinner | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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