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Test 7 · Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole

A girl hears Grandad say «I could eat a horse» and bursts into tears for the horse. What has she missed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, Grandad · What happens: hear, say, eat, burst, miss · To what, where: horse, tears · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: A girl hears Grandad say «I could eat a horse» and bursts into tears for the horse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hears	nsubj
3	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hears	ccomp
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 eat	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 eat	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 eat	aux
9	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 say	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 horse	det
11	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 eat	obj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 eat	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bursts	cc
14	bursts	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	conj
15	into	into	ADP	_	16 tears	case
16	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 bursts	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 horse	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 horse	det
19	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bursts	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	a girl						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	Grandad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	eat in a quote	could	Grandad	a horse					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient
4	burst	present	Grandad not said here			tears		for the horse	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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: What has she missed?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 missed	obj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 missed	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 missed	nsubj
4	missed	miss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 missed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	present · perfect	girl						vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is a fixed saying for «very hungry»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 saying	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 saying	det
4	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 saying	amod
5	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 hungry	case
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 hungry	punct
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 hungry	advmod
9	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 saying	nmod
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 hungry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	It	a fixed saying				for hungry	tree rules

Option 2

Grandad has really bought a horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 bought	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bought	aux
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 bought	advmod
4	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	present · perfect	Grandad	a horse					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 3

Grandad wants to ride a horse after dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 ride	mark
4	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ride	obj
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 dinner	case
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ride	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Grandad						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	ride not said to happen	to-infinitive	Grandad not said here	a horse			after dinner		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Option 4

Horses are often served at roast dinners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 served	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 served	aux:pass
3	often	often	ADV	_	4 served	advmod
4	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 dinners	case
6	roast	roast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dinners	compound
7	dinners	dinner	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 served	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present · passive		Horses		roast dinners		often property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute

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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