Test 8 · My dad could lift a car: playground boasting

«Jayden called us mid and said his rizz is unmatched, I'm actually upset» What is the best way to take it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jayden, rizz, best way · What happens: call, say, be, take · To what, where: us, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» 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 called	punct
2	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 called	obj
5	mid	mid	X	_	3 called	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 said	cc
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 rizz	nmod:poss
9	rizz	rizz	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 unmatched	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 unmatched	cop
11	unmatched	unmatched	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 said	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 upset	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 upset	nsubj
14	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 upset	cop
15	actually	actually	ADV	_	16 upset	advmod
16	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 unmatched	parataxis
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 upset	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 unmatched	parataxis
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 What	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 way	det
21	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	22 way	amod
22	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 What	nsubj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 take	mark
24	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 way	acl
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 take	obj
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	call in a quote	past	Jayden		us		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Jayden not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	Jayden's rizz			unmatched property	tree rules
4	is in a quote	present	Jayden			actually, upset property	tree rules
5	is a	present	the best way				tree rules
6	take	to-infinitive	the best way not said here	way			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

The options

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

It's a silly boast with new slang; laugh or say «sure, Jayden»

The tree, 13 words

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 boast	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 boast	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boast	det
4	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boast	amod
5	boast	boast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 slang	case
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 slang	amod
8	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boast	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 laugh	punct
10	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 boast	parataxis
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 say	cc
12	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 laugh	conj
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 sure	punct
14	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 say	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Jayden	punct
16	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 boast	appos
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 Jayden	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a silly boast	with new slang	tree rules
2	laugh	infinitive				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	infinitive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It's a real fact about everyone in the bus queue

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 fact	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fact	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fact	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fact	amod
5	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 everyone	case
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 fact	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 queue	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 queue	det
10	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 queue	compound
11	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 everyone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a real fact				about everyone	tree rules

Option 3

It means Jayden thinks you are in the middle of a line

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Jayden	Jayden	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 thinks	nsubj
4	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 middle	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 middle	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 middle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 middle	det
9	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thinks	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 line	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 line	det
12	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	think speech: other	present	Jayden			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	you	the middle	of a line	tree rules

Option 4

You should be upset, because «mid» is the worst insult there is

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 upset	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 upset	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 upset	cop
4	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 insult	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 insult	mark
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 mid	punct
8	mid	mid	X	_	13 insult	compound
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 mid	punct
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 insult	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 insult	det
12	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 insult	amod
13	insult	insult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 upset	conj
14	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	15 is	expl
15	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 insult	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	should	You			upset property	tree rules
2	is a	present	You not said here	the mid worst insult			tree rules
3	be	present	the mid worst insult not said here		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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