Test 6 · ★ · A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement ★ A storm, trees bending, and a Scot says «a wee bit dreich». A tourist from Spain thinks the ferry will sail. How could the tourist find out for sure?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, trees, Scot, tourist, ferry · What happens: ★, bend, say, think, sail, find out · To what, where: storm · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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 Sentence 1: ★ A storm, trees bending, and a Scot says «a wee bit dreich».
det obj punct appos acl punct cc det nsubj parataxis punct det amod compound ccomp punct punct root ★ VERB A DET storm NOUN , PUNCT trees NOUN bending VERB , PUNCT and CCONJ a DET Scot PROPN says VERB « PUNCT a DET wee ADJ bit NOUN dreich NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ★ ★ VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 storm det 3 storm storm NOUN Number=Sing 1 ★ obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 trees punct 5 trees tree NOUN Number=Plur 3 storm appos 6 bending bend VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 trees acl 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 says punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 11 says cc 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 Scot det 10 Scot Scot PROPN Number=Sing 11 says nsubj 11 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 ★ parataxis 12 « « PUNCT _ 16 dreich punct 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 dreich det 14 wee wee ADJ Degree=Pos 16 dreich amod 15 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 16 dreich compound 16 dreich dreich NOUN Number=Sing 11 says ccomp 17 » » PUNCT _ 16 dreich punct 18 . . PUNCT _ 1 ★ punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ★ imperative you not said here a storm tree rules 2 bend gerund trees not said here vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 say speech: assert present a Scot vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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: A tourist from Spain thinks the ferry will sail.
det nsubj case nmod det nsubj aux ccomp punct root A DET tourist NOUN from ADP Spain PROPN thinks VERB the DET ferry NOUN will AUX sail VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 tourist det 2 tourist tourist NOUN Number=Sing 5 thinks nsubj 3 from from ADP _ 4 Spain case 4 Spain Spain PROPN Number=Sing 2 tourist nmod 5 thinks think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 ferry det 7 ferry ferry NOUN Number=Sing 9 sail nsubj 8 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 sail aux 9 sail sail VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 thinks ccomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 thinks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other present a tourist from Spain vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 sail future the ferry vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: How could the tourist find out for sure?
advmod aux det nsubj compound:prt case obl punct root How ADV could AUX the DET tourist NOUN find VERB out ADP for ADP sure ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 5 find advmod 2 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 find aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 tourist det 4 tourist tourist NOUN Number=Sing 5 find nsubj 5 find find VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 out out ADP _ 5 find compound:prt 7 for for ADP _ 8 sure case 8 sure sure ADJ Degree=Pos 5 find obl 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 find punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 find out could the tourist for sure vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Trust «a wee bit», because it means the storm is small
punct det amod appos punct punct mark nsubj parataxis det nsubj cop ccomp root Trust NOUN « PUNCT a DET wee ADJ bit NOUN » PUNCT , PUNCT because SCONJ it PRON means VERB the DET storm NOUN is AUX small ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Trust trust NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 « « PUNCT _ 5 bit punct 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 bit det 4 wee wee ADJ Degree=Pos 5 bit amod 5 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 1 Trust appos 6 » » PUNCT _ 5 bit punct 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 means punct 8 because because SCONJ _ 10 means mark 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 means nsubj 10 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Trust parataxis 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 storm det 12 storm storm NOUN Number=Sing 14 small nsubj 13 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 small cop 14 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 10 means ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present it vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is present the storm small property tree rules
Option 2 Wait on the ferry ramp in the rain until it comes
case det compound obl case det nmod mark nsubj advcl root Wait VERB on ADP the DET ferry NOUN ramp NOUN in ADP the DET rain NOUN until SCONJ it PRON comes VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wait wait VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 2 on on ADP _ 5 ramp case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 ramp det 4 ferry ferry NOUN Number=Sing 5 ramp compound 5 ramp ramp NOUN Number=Sing 1 Wait obl 6 in in ADP _ 8 rain case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 rain det 8 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 5 ramp nmod 9 until until SCONJ _ 11 comes mark 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 comes nsubj 11 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Wait advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait imperative you not said here the ferry ramp in the rain vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ramp=Location 2 come present rain vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Check the notice board at the ferry for the real news
det compound obj case det obl case det amod obl root Check VERB the DET notice NOUN board NOUN at ADP the DET ferry NOUN for ADP the DET real ADJ news NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Check check VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 board det 3 notice notice NOUN Number=Sing 4 board compound 4 board board NOUN Number=Sing 1 Check obj 5 at at ADP _ 7 ferry case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 ferry det 7 ferry ferry NOUN Number=Sing 1 Check obl 8 for for ADP _ 11 news case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 news det 10 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 11 news amod 11 news news NOUN Number=Sing 1 Check obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 check imperative you not said here the notice board the ferry for the real news vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent board=Theme for news=Attribute
Option 4 Ask the woman to say it again more slowly
det obj mark ccomp obj advmod advmod advmod root Ask VERB the DET woman NOUN to PART say VERB it PRON again ADV more ADV slowly ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ask ask VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 woman det 3 woman woman NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ask obj 4 to to PART _ 5 say mark 5 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Ask ccomp 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 say obj 7 again again ADV _ 5 say advmod 8 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 9 slowly advmod 9 slowly slowly ADV _ 5 say advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask imperative you not said here the woman vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent woman=Recipient clause=Topic 2 say speech: assert not said to happen to-infinitive it again slowly property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
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