Test 8 · Starving, a million times and a ton: everyday hyperbole

★★ Callum's «chuckin' it doon», Mason's «a thousand years, no cap» and Kofi's «a gazillion texts»: what do all three have in common?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chuckin, three · What happens: year, have · To what, where: cap, chuckin, common

This is test 8 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	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Callum	compound
2	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 ★	flat
3	Callum	Callum	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 chuckin	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Callum	case
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 chuckin	punct
6	chuckin	chuckin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 chuckin	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 years	nsubj
9	doon	doon	ADV	_	17 years	advmod
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 doon	punct
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 years	punct
12	Mason	Mason	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 years	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Mason	case
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 years	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 thousand	det
16	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 years	nummod
17	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chuckin	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 cap	punct
19	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	20 cap	det
20	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 years	nmod
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 cap	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 texts	cc
23	Kofi	Kofi	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 texts	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 Kofi	case
25	«	«	PUNCT	_	28 texts	punct
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 texts	det
27	gazillion	gazillion	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 texts	compound
28	texts	text	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 cap	conj
29	»	»	PUNCT	_	28 texts	punct
30	:	:	PUNCT	_	35 have	punct
31	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	35 have	obj
32	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 have	aux
33	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	34 three	det
34	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	35 have	nsubj
35	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 chuckin	parataxis
36	in	in	ADP	_	37 common	case
37	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 have	obl
38	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 chuckin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	year in a quote		chuckin	no cap and Kofi's gazillion texts				doon property	tree rules
2	have	present · do-support	all three	★ Callum's chuckin		common			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

Each is a lie told to get someone into trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	4 lie	det
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lie	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lie	det
4	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 lie	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	xcomp
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 get	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 trouble	case
10	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present		each lie		tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	participle		each lie not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	each lie not said here	someone	trouble	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus

Option 2

Each is a real measurement that you can trust and write down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 measurement	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 measurement	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 measurement	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 measurement	amod
5	measurement	measurement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 trust	nsubj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 trust	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 trust	aux
9	trust	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 measurement	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 write	cc
11	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 trust	conj
12	down	down	ADP	_	11 write	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Each	a real measurement	tree rules
2	trust	can	a real measurement		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	write down	infinitive	a real measurement not said here		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Each is a Scottish word that you must learn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 learn	obj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 learn	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 learn	aux
9	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 word	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Each	a Scottish word					tree rules
2	learn	must	you	a Scottish word					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Each makes something sound bigger to show a feeling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 makes	obj
4	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 sound	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 show	mark
7	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sound	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 feeling	det
9	feeling	feeling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	Each	something		tree rules
2	sound	infinitive	something not said here		big property	tree rules
3	show	to-infinitive	something not said here	a feeling		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient

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