Test 4 · ★★ · Not unhappy and not half: litotes

«they said 'not half' about the match so they only liked half of it lol» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: they · What happens: say, like, be · To what, where: half · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 half	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 half	advmod
6	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	3 said	obj
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 half	punct
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 match	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 match	det
10	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	obl
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 liked	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 liked	nsubj
13	only	only	ADV	_	14 liked	advmod
14	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	advcl
15	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	14 liked	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 half	nmod
18	lol	lol	INTJ	_	22 right	discourse
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 lol	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 right	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 right	cop
22	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 liked	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	they	half	about the match	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent half=Topic
2	like in a quote	past	they	half of half		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot half=Theme
3	is	present			right property	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.

The options

Option 1

They only watched the first half of the match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 watched	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 watched	advmod
3	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 half	det
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 half	amod
6	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	3 watched	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 match	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 match	det
9	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 half	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	They	the first half of the match					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme

Option 2

They liked less than half of the players

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 liked	nsubj
2	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	5 half	advmod
4	than	than	ADP	_	3 less	fixed
5	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	2 liked	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 players	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 players	det
8	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 half	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	They	half of the players					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot half=Theme

Option 3

They wanted all their money back for the second half

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 money	det:predet
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 money	nmod:poss
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	2 wanted	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 half	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 half	det
9	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 half	amod
10	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	2 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	They	their money				for the second half	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

«Not half!» is old slang for «yes, very much»

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 half	punct
2	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 half	advmod
3	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	8 slang	nsubj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 half	punct
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 half	punct
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 slang	cop
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 slang	amod
8	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 yes	case
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 yes	punct
11	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 slang	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 yes	punct
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 much	advmod
14	much	much	ADV	_	11 yes	advmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 slang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	half	old slang					tree rules

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