Test 2 · Starving, a million times and a ton: everyday hyperbole

«Mum's told me a million times, so it's a made-up number, so I can ignore her, right?»

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, I · What happens: tell, make up, be, ignore · To what, where: Mum, me, made number · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 44 «Starving, a million times and a ton: everyday hyperbole» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct
2	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux:pass
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 million	det
7	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 times	nummod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 told	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 number	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	17 number	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 number	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 number	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 number	det
14	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 number	amod
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 up	punct
16	up	up	ADP	_	14 made	compound:prt
17	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	ccomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 ignore	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	22 ignore	advmod
20	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 ignore	nsubj
21	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 ignore	aux
22	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	ccomp
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 ignore	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 ignore	punct
25	right	right	INTJ	_	22 ignore	discourse
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct
27	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	present · passive		Mum	me	time	tree rules
2	make up in a quote	participle					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	is a in a quote	present	it	a made number			tree rules
4	ignore in a quote	can	I	Mum			vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, mums only mean the things they can count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 mums	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mean	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 mean	advmod
5	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 things	det
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mean	obj
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 count	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 count	aux
10	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 things	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	mums	the things					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
2	count	can	mums = mum	the things not said here					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

Option 2

No, she has really said it a million times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 said	aux
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 said	advmod
6	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 million	det
9	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 times	nummod
10	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 said	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · perfect	she	it			time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

Yes, a made-up number means she doesn't mean any of it at all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 number	det
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 number	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 up	punct
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 made	compound:prt
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 mean	nsubj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 mean	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 mean	advmod
12	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 means	ccomp
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 mean	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 any	nmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 mean	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	make up	participle				vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	mean	present	a made number			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not mean	present · do-support	number	any	all	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the number is made up but she really is cross

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 number	det
4	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux:pass
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 made	compound:prt
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 cross	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 cross	nsubj
10	really	really	ADV	_	12 cross	advmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 cross	cop
12	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	present · passive		the number					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot
2	is a	present	she	cross					tree rules

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