Test 9 · The big language quiz
Your bro says "the Vikings just smashed stuff and left no words, bruv." Which everyday words prove him wrong?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, Vikings, everyday words · What happens: say, leave, prove · To what, where: words, bro · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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 bro says "the Vikings just smashed stuff and left no words, bruv."
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 | 2 bro | nmod:poss |
| 2 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 left | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Vikings | det |
| 6 | Vikings | Viking | PROPN | Number=Plur | 11 left | nsubj |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 stuff | advmod |
| 8 | smashed | smashed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 stuff | amod |
| 9 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Vikings | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 left | cc |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 words | det |
| 13 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 left | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 bruv | punct |
| 15 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 words | appos |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 left | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your bro | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | past | the Vikings smashed stuff | no words | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
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: Which everyday words prove him wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 words | det |
| 2 | everyday | everyday | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 words | amod |
| 3 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 prove | nsubj |
| 4 | prove | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 prove | obj |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 prove | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 prove | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | which everyday words | bro | wrong property | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
They, sky and egg
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sky | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sky | punct |
| 3 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 egg | cc |
| 5 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sky | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Video, audio and bus
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 audio | punct |
| 3 | audio | audio | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Video | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 bus | cc |
| 5 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Video | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Beef, pork and chef
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beef | beef | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 pork | punct |
| 3 | pork | pork | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Beef | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 chef | cc |
| 5 | chef | chef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Beef | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Pyjamas, jungle and loot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyjamas | pyjama | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 jungle | punct |
| 3 | jungle | jungle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pyjamas | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 loot | cc |
| 5 | loot | loot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pyjamas | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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