Test 9 · ★ · A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement

★★ «the pilot said a little bit of bumpiness, so I can still go to the loo, yeah?» What is the safe answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, I, safe answer · What happens: say, go, be · To what, where: little bit, loo · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: ★★ «the pilot said a little bit of bumpiness, so I can still go to the loo, yeah?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pilot	det
5	pilot	pilot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bit	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bit	amod
9	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 bumpiness	case
11	bumpiness	bumpiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bit	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 go	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 go	advmod
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 go	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 go	aux
16	still	still	ADV	_	17 go	advmod
17	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 said	ccomp
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 loo	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 loo	det
20	loo	loo	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 go	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 yeah	punct
22	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	17 go	discourse
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 go	punct
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	★	a little bit of bumpiness					tree rules
2	go in a quote	can	I			the loo	still		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to loo=Initial_Location

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: What is the safe answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the safe answer						tree rules

The options

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

No, he's calm on purpose; when the belt sign is on, stay seated and belted

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 calm	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 calm	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 calm	cop
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 purpose	case
7	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calm	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 on	punct
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 on	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sign	det
11	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sign	compound
12	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 on	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 on	cop
14	on	on	ADV	_	5 calm	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stay	punct
16	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 calm	conj
17	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 stay	xcomp
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 belted	cc
19	belted	belt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 seated	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	he	purpose	calm property	tree rules
2	is	present	the belt sign		on property	tree rules
3	stay	infinitive	he not said here			tree rules
4	seat	participle	he not said here			vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location
5	belt	participle	he not said here			vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, a little bumpiness means it's fine to walk about the plane and use the loo

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bumpiness	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bumpiness	amod
5	bumpiness	bumpiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fine	expl
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	ccomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 walk	mark
11	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 fine	csubj
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 plane	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 plane	det
14	plane	plane	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 walk	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 use	cc
16	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 walk	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 loo	det
18	loo	loo	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	a little bumpiness			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present			fine property	tree rules
3	walk	to-infinitive			about the plane	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about plane=Trajectory
4	use	infinitive		the loo		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loo=Patient

Option 3

No, because pilots always lie about the weather

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 lie	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lie	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 lie	mark
4	pilots	pilot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lie	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 lie	advmod
6	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 weather	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 weather	det
9	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	pilots					about the weather; always property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about weather=Location

Option 4

Yes, but only if you hold on to the seats as you go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 hold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hold	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 hold	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 hold	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 hold	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 hold	nsubj
7	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	7 hold	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 seats	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 seats	det
11	seats	seat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hold	obl
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 go	mark
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 go	nsubj
14	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hold	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold on	present	you					to the seats	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	present	you						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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