Test 6 · ★ · The best ever and shocking: adverts and headlines

«it says Britain is hotter than the Sahara, are we gonna turn into desert lol» What do you say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, Britain, we, you · What happens: say, be · To what, where: desert · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hotter	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hotter	cop
6	hotter	hot	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 says	ccomp
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 Sahara	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sahara	det
9	Sahara	Sahara	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hotter	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 turn	punct
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 turn	cop
12	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 turn	nsubj
13	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	14 turn	dep
14	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hotter	conj
15	into	into	ADP	_	16 desert	case
16	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 turn	obl
17	lol	lol	INTJ	_	14 turn	discourse
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 hotter	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 say	obj
20	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 say	aux
21	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	22 say	nsubj
22	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 hotter	ccomp
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	it			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Britain		than the Sahara; hot property	tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	we	desert	turn property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	present · do-support	you			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

Yes, camels are already moving in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 moving	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 moving	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 moving	aux
5	already	already	ADV	_	6 moving	advmod
6	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	in	in	ADV	_	6 moving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move in	present · progressive	camels						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's just hot for Britain; check the real temperature and advice

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 hot	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hot	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hot	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 hot	advmod
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 Britain	case
8	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hot	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 check	punct
10	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 hot	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 temperature	det
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 temperature	amod
13	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 check	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 advice	cc
15	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 temperature	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					for Britain; hot property	tree rules
2	check	infinitive		the real temperature and advice					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temperature=Theme

Option 3

No, because Britain is always colder than everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 colder	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 colder	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 colder	mark
4	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 colder	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 colder	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 colder	advmod
7	colder	cold	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 everywhere	case
9	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 colder	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Britain					always, cold property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, Britain will turn into a sandy desert by next summer, just like the Sahara

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 turn	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 turn	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 turn	aux
5	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 desert	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 desert	det
8	sandy	sandy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 desert	amod
9	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turn	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 summer	case
11	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 summer	amod
12	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 turn	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 Sahara	punct
14	just	just	ADV	_	17 Sahara	advmod
15	like	like	ADP	_	17 Sahara	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Sahara	det
17	Sahara	Sahara	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	future	Britain			a sandy desert	summer	like the Sahara	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into desert=Trajectory

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