Test 1 · ★★ · Sarcasm, hyperbole and understatement side by side

«Jack said he loves the rain so I'll ask him to go to the park in it lol» What has gone wrong?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jack · What happens: say, love, ask, go · To what, where: rain, Jack, park · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 52 «Sarcasm, hyperbole and understatement side by side» 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	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 loves	nsubj
5	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rain	det
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loves	obj
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 ask	advmod
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 ask	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 ask	aux
11	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 loves	parataxis
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 ask	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 go	mark
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 ask	xcomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 park	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 park	det
17	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 go	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 go	obl
20	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 loves	discourse
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
22	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 gone	nsubj
23	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 gone	aux
24	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 said	parataxis
25	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 gone	xcomp
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Jack					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	love in a quote	present	Jack	the rain				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rain=Stimulus
3	ask speech: ask in a quote	future	Jack		Jack			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4	go not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	Jack not said here			park	to the park	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial_Location
5	go	present · perfect					wrong property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

He was using understatement about the rain and the bus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 using	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 using	aux
3	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	understatement	understatement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 using	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 rain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rain	det
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 using	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bus	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bus	det
10	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · progressive	He	understatement				about the rain and the bus	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent understatement=Patient

Option 2

Nothing, he really does love the rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 love	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 love	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	6 love	advmod
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 love	aux
6	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rain	det
8	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present · do-support	Nothing	the rain					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rain=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was being sarcastic: he meant he hates it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sarcastic	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sarcastic	cop
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sarcastic	cop
4	sarcastic	sarcastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 meant	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 meant	nsubj
7	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sarcastic	parataxis
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hates	nsubj
9	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 meant	ccomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	He		sarcastic property	tree rules
2	mean	past	he			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	hate	present	he	it		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4

He was using hyperbole about the bus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 using	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 using	aux
3	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	hyperbole	hyperbole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 using	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 bus	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bus	det
7	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 using	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · progressive	He	hyperbole				about the bus	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hyperbole=Patient

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