Test 3 · ★ · Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who
A kid from Pittsburgh asks "Are yinz coming to the game?" What does he mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid · What happens: ask, come, mean · To what, where: game · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 5 «Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who» 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 kid from Pittsburgh asks "Are yinz coming to the game?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 Pittsburgh | case |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 kid | nmod |
| 5 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 coming | punct |
| 7 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 coming | aux |
| 8 | yinz | yinz | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 coming | amod |
| 9 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 asks | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 game | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 game | det |
| 12 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 coming | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 coming | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 coming | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a kid from Pittsburgh | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | come in a quote | present · progressive | the game | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to game=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 does he mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | kid | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Are your friends coming in?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 friends | cop |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 friends | nmod:poss |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 friends | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADV | _ | 4 coming | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 friends | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | your friends | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | come in | gerund | your friends not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Are you all coming?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 coming | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 coming | nsubj |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 coming | nsubj |
| 4 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 coming | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · progressive | you | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Are the twins coming?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 twins | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 twins | det |
| 3 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 coming | nsubj |
| 4 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 coming | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the twins | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | come | gerund | the twins | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Are you winning the game?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 winning | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 winning | nsubj |
| 3 | winning | win | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 game | det |
| 5 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 winning | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 winning | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present · progressive | you | the game | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |
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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