Test 5 · ★★ · Not unhappy and not half: litotes You offer Gran a biscuit and she says «I wouldn't say no». You put the tin away because «she didn't say yes». What went wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, Gran · What happens: offer, say, not say, put away, go · To what, where: biscuit, Gran, tin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: You offer Gran a biscuit and she says «I wouldn't say no».
nsubj obj det obj cc nsubj conj punct nsubj aux advmod ccomp discourse punct punct root You PRON offer VERB Gran PROPN a DET biscuit NOUN and CCONJ she PRON says VERB « PUNCT I PRON would AUX n't PART say VERB no INTJ » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 offer nsubj 2 offer offer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 2 offer obj 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 biscuit det 5 biscuit biscuit NOUN Number=Sing 2 offer obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 says cc 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 says nsubj 8 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 offer conj 9 « « PUNCT _ 13 say punct 10 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 13 say nsubj 11 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 13 say aux 12 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 13 say advmod 13 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 says ccomp 14 no no INTJ Polarity=Neg 13 say discourse 15 » » PUNCT _ 13 say punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 offer punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 offer present You a biscuit Gran vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent gran=Goal biscuit=Theme 2 say speech: assert present Gran vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 not say speech: assert in a quote would Gran vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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: You put the tin away because «she didn't say yes».
nsubj det obj advmod mark punct nsubj aux advmod advcl obj punct punct root You PRON put VERB the DET tin NOUN away ADV because SCONJ « PUNCT she PRON did AUX n't PART say VERB yes INTJ » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 put nsubj 2 put put VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 tin det 4 tin tin NOUN Number=Sing 2 put obj 5 away away ADV _ 2 put advmod 6 because because SCONJ _ 11 say mark 7 « « PUNCT _ 11 say punct 8 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 say nsubj 9 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 say aux 10 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 11 say advmod 11 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 put advcl 12 yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 11 say obj 13 » » PUNCT _ 12 yes punct 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 put punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 put away past You the tin away property vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent tin=Goal 2 not say speech: assert in a quote past · do-support Gran vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic
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 Gran said no in a very polite way
nsubj ccomp case det advmod amod obl root Gran PROPN said VERB no INTJ in ADP a DET very ADV polite ADJ way NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 2 said nsubj 2 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 no no INTJ Polarity=Neg 2 said ccomp 4 in in ADP _ 8 way case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 way det 6 very very ADV _ 7 polite advmod 7 polite polite ADJ Degree=Pos 8 way amod 8 way way NOUN Number=Sing 2 said obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past Gran a polite way vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in way=Manner
Option 2 Gran really wanted you to put them away
nsubj advmod obj mark xcomp obj advmod root Gran PROPN really ADV wanted VERB you PRON to PART put VERB them PRON away ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 3 wanted nsubj 2 really really ADV _ 3 wanted advmod 3 wanted want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 wanted obj 5 to to PART _ 6 put mark 6 put put VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 wanted xcomp 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 put obj 8 away away ADV _ 6 put advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want past Gran you tree rules 2 put away not said to happen to-infinitive you not said here them = they away property vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal
Option 3 Gran only eats biscuits on Sundays
nsubj advmod obj case obl root Gran PROPN only ADV eats VERB biscuits NOUN on ADP Sundays PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 3 eats nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 3 eats advmod 3 eats eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 biscuits biscuit NOUN Number=Plur 3 eats obj 5 on on ADP _ 6 Sundays case 6 Sundays Sunday PROPN Number=Plur 3 eats obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 eat present Gran biscuits sunday vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent biscuit=Patient
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer «I wouldn't say no» was a polite yes
punct nsubj aux advmod csubj discourse punct cop det amod root « PUNCT I PRON would AUX n't PART say VERB no INTJ » PUNCT was AUX a DET polite ADJ yes NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 say punct 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 say nsubj 3 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 say aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 say advmod 5 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 yes csubj 6 no no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 say discourse 7 » » PUNCT _ 5 say punct 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 yes cop 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 yes det 10 polite polite ADJ Degree=Pos 11 yes amod 11 yes yes NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not say speech: assert in a quote would I vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a past a polite yes tree rules
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