Test 3 · Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole «Mum literally EVERYONE has them». Mum asks who, and Lily names four kids out of thirty. What has Lily done?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, Lily · What happens: have, ask, name, do · To what, where: them, four kids, thirty
This is test 3 of lesson 45 «Dead, a mile long and everyone: more 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 Sentence 1: «Mum literally EVERYONE has them».
punct nsubj advmod nsubj obj punct punct root « PUNCT Mum NOUN literally ADV EVERYONE PRON has VERB them PRON » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 has punct 2 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 5 has nsubj 3 literally literally ADV _ 5 has advmod 4 EVERYONE everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 5 has nsubj 5 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 has obj 7 » » PUNCT _ 5 has punct 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 has punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have in a quote present Mum them = they literally property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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.
Sentence 2: Mum asks who, and Lily names four kids out of thirty.
nsubj obj punct cc nsubj parataxis nummod obj case case nmod punct root Mum NOUN asks VERB who PRON , PUNCT and CCONJ Lily PROPN names VERB four NUM kids NOUN out ADP of ADP thirty NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 asks nsubj 2 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 2 asks obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 names punct 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 names cc 6 Lily Lily PROPN Number=Sing 7 names nsubj 7 names name VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 asks parataxis 8 four four NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 9 kids nummod 9 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 7 names obj 10 out out ADP _ 12 thirty case 11 of of ADP _ 12 thirty case 12 thirty thirty NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 9 kids nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 asks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Mum vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent who=Recipient 2 name present Lily four kids thirty vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme
Sentence 3: What has Lily done?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON has AUX Lily PROPN done VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 done obj 2 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 done aux 3 Lily Lily PROPN Number=Sing 4 done nsubj 4 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 done punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present · perfect Lily vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Forgotten how many children are in her class
amod advmod amod nsubj cop case nmod:poss root Forgotten VERB how ADV many ADJ children NOUN are AUX in ADP her PRON class NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Forgotten forget VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 children amod 2 how how ADV PronType=Int 3 many advmod 3 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 4 children amod 4 children child NOUN Number=Plur 8 class nsubj 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 class cop 6 in in ADP _ 8 class case 7 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 class nmod:poss 8 class class NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 forget participle tree rules 2 is present Forgotten many children her class tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Used hyperbole: «everyone» meant a few children she noticed
amod nsubj punct punct nsubj punct det amod obj nsubj acl:relcl root Used VERB hyperbole NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT everyone PRON » PUNCT meant VERB a DET few ADJ children NOUN she PRON noticed VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 hyperbole amod 2 hyperbole hyperbole NOUN Number=Sing 7 meant nsubj 3 : : PUNCT _ 5 everyone punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 5 everyone punct 5 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 7 meant nsubj 6 » » PUNCT _ 5 everyone punct 7 meant mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 children det 9 few few ADJ Degree=Pos 10 children amod 10 children child NOUN Number=Plur 7 meant obj 11 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 noticed nsubj 12 noticed notice VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 children acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use participle vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 mean past Used hyperbole a few children vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Topic 3 notice past hyperbole a few children not said here vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus
Option 3 Counted every child in the school
det obj case det obl root Counted VERB every DET child NOUN in ADP the DET school NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Counted count VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 2 every every DET PronType=Tot 3 child det 3 child child NOUN Number=Sing 1 Counted obj 4 in in ADP _ 6 school case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 school det 6 school school NOUN Number=Sing 1 Counted obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 count participle every child the school vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Told the exact truth about the whole class
det amod obj case det amod obl root Told VERB the DET exact ADJ truth NOUN about ADP the DET whole ADJ class NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 3 exact exact ADJ Degree=Pos 4 truth amod 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 Told obj 5 about about ADP _ 8 class case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 class det 7 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 8 class amod 8 class class NOUN Number=Sing 1 Told obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert past the exact truth about the whole class vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient about class=Topic
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