Test 5 · ★ · A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement

«that manager's well harsh, she only said 'alright' after they won 5-0» What have you missed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: manager, she, they, you · What happens: be, say, win, miss · To what, where: 5-0 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 49 «A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement» 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	_	6 harsh	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 manager	det
3	manager	manager	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 harsh	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 harsh	cop
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 harsh	advmod
6	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 said	advmod
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 harsh	conj
11	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 alright	punct
12	alright	alright	ADV	_	10 said	advmod
13	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 alright	punct
14	after	after	SCONJ	_	16 won	mark
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 won	nsubj
16	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 missed	advcl
17	5-0	5-0	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 won	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 won	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 missed	obj
20	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 missed	aux
21	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	22 missed	nsubj
22	missed	miss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 said	ccomp
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 harsh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	that manager		harsh, well property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	she		alright property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	win in a quote	past	they	5-0		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 5-0=Eventuality
4	miss	present · perfect	you			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She was really angry that they didn't score six

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 angry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 angry	advmod
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 score	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 score	nsubj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 score	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 score	advmod
9	score	score	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 angry	advcl
10	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 score	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					angry property	tree rules
2	not score	past · do-support	they	six					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent six=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She praised them the British way, by playing it down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praised	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 playing	punct
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 playing	mark
9	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 praised	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 playing	obj
11	down	down	ADP	_	9 playing	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	She	them = they				the British way obl	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	play down	gerund	She not said here	way					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

She thinks 5–0 is a bad result for a final

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 result	nsubj
4	–	–	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	5 0	case
5	0	0	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 5	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 result	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 result	det
8	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 result	amod
9	result	result	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thinks	ccomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 final	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 final	det
12	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 result	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	She						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	5 – 0	a bad result				for a final	tree rules

Option 4

She didn't watch the match at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 watch	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 watch	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 watch	advmod
4	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 match	det
6	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 watch	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 watch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not watch	past · do-support	She	the match		all			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Theme

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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