Test 2 · ★★ · Not unhappy and not half: litotes Tia hears «That's not the worst idea you've had» and sulks: «so it's a bad idea». Then Dad gets the picnic basket out. What has she missed?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tia, That, you, idea, Dad · What happens: hear, not be, have, sulk, be, get out · To what, where: worst idea, bad idea, picnic basket · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 50 «Not unhappy and not half: litotes» 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: Tia hears «That's not the worst idea you've had» and sulks: «so it's a bad idea».
nsubj punct nsubj cop advmod det amod ccomp nsubj aux acl:relcl punct cc conj punct punct advmod nsubj cop det amod parataxis punct punct root Tia PROPN hears VERB « PUNCT That PRON 's AUX not PART the DET worst ADJ idea NOUN you PRON 've AUX had VERB » PUNCT and CCONJ sulks VERB : PUNCT « PUNCT so ADV it PRON 's AUX a DET bad ADJ idea NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tia Tia PROPN Number=Sing 2 hears nsubj 2 hears hear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 « « PUNCT _ 9 idea punct 4 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 idea nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 idea cop 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 idea advmod 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 idea det 8 worst bad ADJ Degree=Sup 9 idea amod 9 idea idea NOUN Number=Sing 2 hears ccomp 10 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 12 had nsubj 11 've have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 had aux 12 had have VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 9 idea acl:relcl 13 » » PUNCT _ 9 idea punct 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 sulks cc 15 sulks sulk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 hears conj 16 : : PUNCT _ 2 hears punct 17 « « PUNCT _ 23 idea punct 18 so so ADV _ 23 idea advmod 19 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 23 idea nsubj 20 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 23 idea cop 21 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 23 idea det 22 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 23 idea amod 23 idea idea NOUN Number=Sing 2 hears parataxis 24 » » PUNCT _ 23 idea punct 25 . . PUNCT _ 2 hears punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hear present Tia vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 not is a in a quote present That the worst idea tree rules 3 have in a quote present · perfect you the worst idea not said here vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient 4 sulk present Tia not said here vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 5 is a in a quote present idea a bad idea tree rules
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: Then Dad gets the picnic basket out.
advmod nsubj det compound obj compound:prt punct root Then ADV Dad NOUN gets VERB the DET picnic NOUN basket NOUN out ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 3 gets advmod 2 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 3 gets nsubj 3 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 basket det 5 picnic picnic NOUN Number=Sing 6 basket compound 6 basket basket NOUN Number=Sing 3 gets obj 7 out out ADP _ 3 gets compound:prt 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 gets punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get out present Dad the picnic basket then tree rules
Sentence 3: What has she missed?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON has AUX she PRON missed VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 missed obj 2 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 missed aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 missed nsubj 4 missed miss VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 missed punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 miss present · perfect Tia vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus
The options Option 1 Dad is going on a picnic without her
nsubj aux case det obl case obl root Dad NOUN is AUX going VERB on ADP a DET picnic NOUN without ADP her PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 3 going nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 going aux 3 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 on on ADP _ 6 picnic case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 picnic det 6 picnic picnic NOUN Number=Sing 3 going obl 7 without without ADP _ 8 her case 8 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 going obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present · progressive Dad a picnic without her = she vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on picnic=Location
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer It was a dry way of saying «good idea»
nsubj cop det amod mark acl punct amod obj punct root It PRON was AUX a DET dry ADJ way NOUN of SCONJ saying VERB « PUNCT good ADJ idea NOUN » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 way nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 way cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 way det 4 dry dry ADJ Degree=Pos 5 way amod 5 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of SCONJ _ 7 saying mark 7 saying say VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 way acl 8 « « PUNCT _ 10 idea punct 9 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 10 idea amod 10 idea idea NOUN Number=Sing 7 saying obj 11 » » PUNCT _ 10 idea punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past It a dry way tree rules 2 say speech: assert gerund a dry way not said here good idea vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent idea=Topic
Option 3 Dad was talking about another idea
nsubj aux case det obl root Dad NOUN was AUX talking VERB about ADP another DET idea NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 3 talking nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 talking aux 3 talking talk VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 about about ADP _ 6 idea case 5 another another DET PronType=Ind 6 idea det 6 idea idea NOUN Number=Sing 3 talking obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 talk past · progressive Dad about another idea vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about idea=Topic
Option 4 Dad means it's only the second worst idea
nsubj expl cop advmod det amod amod ccomp root Dad NOUN means VERB it PRON 's AUX only ADV the DET second ADJ worst ADJ idea NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 idea expl 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 idea cop 5 only only ADV _ 9 idea advmod 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 idea det 7 second second ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 9 idea amod 8 worst bad ADJ Degree=Sup 9 idea amod 9 idea idea NOUN Number=Sing 2 means ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Dad vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is a present the second worst idea tree rules
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