Test 3 · ★ · The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines
«everyone's talking about this toy, I'm literally the only one without it» You ask your class and two people have heard of it. What happened?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, I, You, two people · What happens: talk, be, ask, hear, happen · To what, where: only one, class · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 47 «The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines» 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: «everyone's talking about this toy, I'm literally the only one without it» You ask your class and two people have heard of it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 talking | punct |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 talking | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 talking | aux |
| 4 | talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 ask | advcl |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 toy | case |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 toy | det |
| 7 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 talking | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 one | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 one | nsubj |
| 10 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 one | cop |
| 11 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 14 one | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 one | det |
| 13 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 one | amod |
| 14 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 talking | conj |
| 15 | without | without | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 one | nmod |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 talking | punct |
| 18 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 ask | nsubj |
| 19 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 class | nmod:poss |
| 21 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 ask | obj |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 heard | cc |
| 23 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 people | nummod |
| 24 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 heard | nsubj |
| 25 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 heard | aux |
| 26 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 ask | conj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 it | case |
| 28 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 heard | obl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk in a quote | present · progressive | everyone | about this toy | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about toy=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | I | the only one | without toy; literally property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | present | You | your class | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | hear | present · perfect | two people | of class | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of it=Stimulus |
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 happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The advert made it sound like everyone knew it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 advert | det |
| 2 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | obj |
| 5 | sound | sound | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | xcomp |
| 6 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 8 knew | mark |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 knew | nsubj |
| 8 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sound | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 knew | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the advert | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sound | infinitive | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 3 | know | past | everyone | advert | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2
Everyone really has it but keeps very quiet about it at school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 has | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 has | advmod |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 has | obj |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 keeps | cc |
| 6 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 has | conj |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 quiet | advmod |
| 8 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 keeps | xcomp |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 keeps | obl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 school | case |
| 12 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 keeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Everyone | it | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | keep | present | Everyone not said here | school | about it; quiet property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location |
Option 3
Your class must be the only one in the world
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 class | nmod:poss |
| 2 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 one | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 one | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 one | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 6 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 world | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 world | det |
| 10 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 one | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | must | Your class | the only one | the world | tree rules |
Option 4
The two people made the advert themselves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 people | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 people | nummod |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 advert | det |
| 6 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obj |
| 7 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the two people | the advert | people obl | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advert=Product |
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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