Test 8 · ★ · A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement ★ Gran's friend says she's «a bit peckish», so you bring her one grape. Everyone else gets a full plate. What went wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, you, Everyone · What happens: say, be, bring, get, go · To what, where: one grape, friend, full plate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: ★ Gran's friend says she's «a bit peckish», so you bring her one grape.
nmod:poss flat case nsubj nsubj cop punct det obl:unmarked ccomp punct punct advmod nsubj conj obj nummod obj punct root ★ PROPN Gran PROPN 's PART friend NOUN says VERB she PRON 's AUX « PUNCT a DET bit NOUN peckish ADJ » PUNCT , PUNCT so ADV you PRON bring VERB her PRON one NUM grape NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ★ ★ PROPN Number=Sing 4 friend nmod:poss 2 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 1 ★ flat 3 's 's PART _ 1 ★ case 4 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 peckish nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 peckish cop 8 « « PUNCT _ 11 peckish punct 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 bit det 10 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 11 peckish obl:unmarked 11 peckish peckish ADJ Degree=Pos 5 says ccomp 12 » » PUNCT _ 11 peckish punct 13 , , PUNCT _ 16 bring punct 14 so so ADV _ 16 bring advmod 15 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 16 bring nsubj 16 bring bring VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 says conj 17 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 bring obj 18 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 19 grape nummod 19 grape grape NOUN Number=Sing 16 bring obj 20 . . PUNCT _ 5 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present ★'s friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present friend a bit obl:unmarked ; peckish property tree rules 3 bring present you one grape friend vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination grape=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.
Sentence 2: Everyone else gets a full plate.
nsubj advmod det amod obj punct root Everyone PRON else ADV gets VERB a DET full ADJ plate NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 3 gets nsubj 2 else else ADV _ 1 Everyone advmod 3 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 plate det 5 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 6 plate amod 6 plate plate NOUN Number=Sing 3 gets obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 gets punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present Everyone a full plate vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plate=Stimulus
Sentence 3: What went wrong?
nsubj xcomp punct root What PRON went VERB wrong ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 went nsubj 2 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 2 went xcomp 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 went punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go past wrong property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer «A bit peckish» was a polite way of saying «I'm hungry»
The tree, 12 words punct det obl:unmarked nsubj punct cop det amod mark acl punct nsubj cop ccomp punct root « PUNCT A DET bit NOUN peckish ADJ » PUNCT was AUX a DET polite ADJ way NOUN of SCONJ saying VERB « PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX hungry ADJ » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 4 peckish punct 2 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 bit det 3 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 4 peckish obl:unmarked 4 peckish peckish ADJ Degree=Pos 9 way nsubj 5 » » PUNCT _ 4 peckish punct 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 way cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 way det 8 polite polite ADJ Degree=Pos 9 way amod 9 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 of of SCONJ _ 11 saying mark 11 saying say VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 way acl 12 « « PUNCT _ 15 hungry punct 13 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 15 hungry nsubj 14 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 hungry cop 15 hungry hungry ADJ Degree=Pos 11 saying ccomp 16 » » PUNCT _ 15 hungry punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past peckish a polite way tree rules 2 say speech: assert gerund a polite way not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 is in a quote present a polite way = way hungry property tree rules
Option 2 «Peckish» means she only eats fruit
punct nsubj punct nsubj advmod ccomp obj root « PUNCT Peckish ADJ » PUNCT means VERB she PRON only ADV eats VERB fruit NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Peckish punct 2 Peckish peckish ADJ Degree=Pos 4 means nsubj 3 » » PUNCT _ 2 Peckish punct 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 eats nsubj 6 only only ADV _ 7 eats advmod 7 eats eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 means ccomp 8 fruit fruit NOUN Number=Sing 7 eats obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Peckish vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 eat present she fruit vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient
Option 3 Gran's friend asked for exactly one grape
nmod:poss case nsubj case advmod nummod obl root Gran PROPN 's PART friend NOUN asked VERB for ADP exactly ADV one NUM grape NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 3 friend nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Gran case 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 4 asked nsubj 4 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 for for ADP _ 8 grape case 6 exactly exactly ADV _ 7 one advmod 7 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 grape nummod 8 grape grape NOUN Number=Sing 4 asked obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask past Gran's friend for one grape vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Nothing, one grape is a polite size for a guest at Sunday lunch
nsubj punct nummod conj cop det amod case det nmod case compound nmod root Nothing PRON , PUNCT one NUM grape NOUN is AUX a DET polite ADJ size NOUN for ADP a DET guest NOUN at ADP Sunday PROPN lunch NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 8 size nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 grape punct 3 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 grape nummod 4 grape grape NOUN Number=Sing 1 Nothing conj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 size cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 size det 7 polite polite ADJ Degree=Pos 8 size amod 8 size size NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 for for ADP _ 11 guest case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 guest det 11 guest guest NOUN Number=Sing 8 size nmod 12 at at ADP _ 14 lunch case 13 Sunday Sunday PROPN Number=Sing 14 lunch compound 14 lunch lunch NOUN Number=Sing 11 guest nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Nothing a polite size for a guest at Sunday lunch tree rules
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