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Test 7 · The big language quiz

A Gen Alpha kid says "emoji means emotion icon, no cap." ("No cap" means honestly.) What's the real answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gen kid, emoji, cap, real answer · What happens: say, mean, be · To what, where: emotion icon · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: A Gen Alpha kid says "emoji means emotion icon, no cap."

detcompoundflatnsubjpunctnsubjccompcompoundobjpunctdetappospunctpunctrootADETGenPROPNAlphaPROPNkidNOUNsaysVERB"PUNCTemojiNOUNmeansVERBemotionNOUNiconNOUN,PUNCTnoDETcapNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 kiddet
2GenGenPROPNNumber=Sing4 kidcompound
3AlphaAlphaPROPNNumber=Sing2 Genflat
4kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing5 saysnsubj
5sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6""PUNCT_8 meanspunct
7emojiemojiNOUNNumber=Sing8 meansnsubj
8meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 saysccomp
9emotionemotionNOUNNumber=Sing10 iconcompound
10iconiconNOUNNumber=Sing8 meansobj
11,,PUNCT_13 cappunct
12nonoDETPronType=Neg13 capdet
13capcapNOUNNumber=Sing10 iconappos
14..PUNCT_8 meanspunct
15""PUNCT_8 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresenta Gen kidvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2mean in a quotepresentemojiemotion iconvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent icon=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: ("No cap" means honestly.)

punctpunctdetnsubjpunctadvmodpunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTNoDETcapNOUN"PUNCTmeansVERBhonestlyADV.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_6 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_4 cappunct
3NonoDETPronType=Neg4 capdet
4capcapNOUNNumber=Sing6 meansnsubj
5""PUNCT_4 cappunct
6meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7honestlyhonestlyADV_6 meansadvmod
8..PUNCT_6 meanspunct
9))PUNCT_6 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentno caphonestly propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What's the real answer?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETrealADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 answerdet
4realrealADJDegree=Pos5 answeramod
5answeranswerNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe real answertree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's French for little face

nsubjcopcaseamodoblrootItPRON'sAUXFrenchADJforADPlittleADJfaceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 Frenchnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 Frenchcop
3FrenchFrenchADJDegree=Posrootroot
4forforADP_6 facecase
5littlelittleADJDegree=Pos6 faceamod
6facefaceNOUNNumber=Sing3 Frenchobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentItfor little face; french propertytree rules

Option 2

He's right, it's English for emotion icon

nsubjcoppunctnsubjcopoblcasecompoundnmodrootHePRON'sAUXrightADJ,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXEnglishPROPNforADPemotionNOUNiconNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 Englishpunct
5ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 Englishnsubj
6'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 Englishcop
7EnglishEnglishPROPNNumber=Sing3 rightobl
8forforADP_10 iconcase
9emotionemotionNOUNNumber=Sing10 iconcompound
10iconiconNOUNNumber=Sing7 Englishnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2is apresentitEnglishfor emotion icontree rules

Option 3

It's Latin for feeling

nsubjcopcaseoblrootItPRON'sAUXLatinADJforADPfeelingNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 Latinnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 Latincop
3LatinLatinADJDegree=Posrootroot
4forforADP_5 feelingcase
5feelingfeelingNOUNNumber=Sing3 Latinobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentItfor feeling; latin propertytree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It's Japanese for picture character

nsubjcopcasecompoundoblrootItPRON'sAUXJapaneseADJforADPpictureNOUNcharacterNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 Japanesensubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 Japanesecop
3JapaneseJapaneseADJDegree=Posrootroot
4forforADP_6 charactercase
5picturepictureNOUNNumber=Sing6 charactercompound
6charactercharacterNOUNNumber=Sing3 Japaneseobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentItfor picture character; japanese propertytree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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