Test 6 · Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate a… Lucy's neighbour in Japan gives her a beautiful scarf: «it's just a boring little thing». Lucy says «oh, okay» and puts it away. What would have been better?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: neighbour, Lucy · What happens: give, be, say, put away · To what, where: beautiful scarf, Japan, boring little thing, scarf · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 of lesson 53 «Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate and play down» 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: Lucy's neighbour in Japan gives her a beautiful scarf: «it's just a boring little thing».
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod iobj det amod obj punct punct nsubj cop advmod det amod amod parataxis punct punct root Lucy PROPN 's PART neighbour NOUN in ADP Japan PROPN gives VERB her PRON a DET beautiful ADJ scarf NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT it PRON 's AUX just ADV a DET boring ADJ little ADJ thing NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lucy Lucy PROPN Number=Sing 3 neighbour nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Lucy case 3 neighbour neighbour NOUN Number=Sing 6 gives nsubj 4 in in ADP _ 5 Japan case 5 Japan Japan PROPN Number=Sing 3 neighbour nmod 6 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 gives iobj 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 scarf det 9 beautiful beautiful ADJ Degree=Pos 10 scarf amod 10 scarf scarf NOUN Number=Sing 6 gives obj 11 : : PUNCT _ 19 thing punct 12 « « PUNCT _ 19 thing punct 13 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 thing nsubj 14 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 thing cop 15 just just ADV _ 19 thing advmod 16 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 thing det 17 boring boring ADJ Degree=Pos 19 thing amod 18 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 19 thing amod 19 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 6 gives parataxis 20 » » PUNCT _ 19 thing punct 21 . . PUNCT _ 6 gives punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give present Lucy's neighbour in Japan a beautiful scarf Japan tree rules 2 is a in a quote present neighbour a boring little thing 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: Lucy says «oh, okay» and puts it away.
nsubj punct discourse punct discourse punct cc conj obj advmod punct root Lucy PROPN says VERB « PUNCT oh INTJ , PUNCT okay INTJ » PUNCT and CCONJ puts VERB it PRON away ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lucy Lucy PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 « « PUNCT _ 6 okay punct 4 oh oh INTJ _ 6 okay discourse 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 oh punct 6 okay okay INTJ _ 2 says discourse 7 » » PUNCT _ 6 okay punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 puts cc 9 puts put VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 says conj 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 puts obj 11 away away ADV _ 9 puts advmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Lucy vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 put away present Lucy not said here scarf away property vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal
Sentence 3: What would have been better?
aux aux cop amod punct root What PRON would AUX have AUX been AUX better ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 better aux 3 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 better aux 4 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 5 better cop 5 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 1 What amod 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is would · perfect good property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer A big thank you, because playing it down is a polite custom
det nsubj obj punct mark csubj obj compound:prt cop det amod obl root A DET big ADJ thank VERB you PRON , PUNCT because SCONJ playing VERB it PRON down ADP is AUX a DET polite ADJ custom NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 big det 2 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 3 thank nsubj 3 thank thank VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 thank obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 13 custom punct 6 because because SCONJ _ 13 custom mark 7 playing play VERB VerbForm=Ger 13 custom csubj 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 playing obj 9 down down ADP _ 7 playing compound:prt 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 custom cop 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 custom det 12 polite polite ADJ Degree=Pos 13 custom amod 13 custom custom NOUN Number=Sing 3 thank obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 thank speech: thank present a big you vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme 2 play down gerund it vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 3 is a present playing a polite custom tree rules
Option 2 Asking how much it cost in the shop
csubj advmod obj nsubj case det obl root Asking VERB how ADV much ADJ it PRON cost VERB in ADP the DET shop NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Asking ask VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 cost csubj 2 how how ADV PronType=Int 3 much advmod 3 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Asking obj 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 much nsubj 5 cost cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 in in ADP _ 8 shop case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 shop det 8 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 5 cost obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask gerund much vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent much=Recipient 2 cost past Asking the shop vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
Option 3 Agreeing with her that it is boring
csubj case obl case obl cop root Agreeing VERB with ADP her PRON that ADP it PRON is AUX boring ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Agreeing agree VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 boring csubj 2 with with ADP _ 3 her case 3 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Agreeing obl 4 that that ADP _ 5 it case 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Agreeing obl 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 boring cop 7 boring boring ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 agree speech: agree gerund with her = she ; that it vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with she=Co-Agent 2 is present Agreeing boring property tree rules
Option 4 Giving it back, since she didn't like it
csubj obj advmod punct mark nsubj aux advmod obj root Giving VERB it PRON back ADV , PUNCT since SCONJ she PRON did AUX n't PART like VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Giving give VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 like csubj 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Giving obj 3 back back ADV _ 1 Giving advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 like punct 5 since since SCONJ _ 9 like mark 6 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 like nsubj 7 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 like aux 8 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 9 like advmod 9 like like VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 like obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give back gerund it vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 2 not like past · do-support she it vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
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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