Test 6 · ★ · Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sent… A Kiwi says "I'll see you on the weekend, chur." ("Chur" means thanks, cheers, in New Zealand.) Your nan from Kent says he got it wrong. Is that fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kiwi, Chur, nan, that · What happens: say, see, mean, get, be · To what, where: you, thanks, it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 6 «Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sentences together» 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: A Kiwi says "I'll see you on the weekend, chur."
det nsubj punct nsubj aux ccomp obj case det obl punct obl punct punct root A DET Kiwi PROPN says VERB " PUNCT I PRON 'll AUX see VERB you PRON on ADP the DET weekend NOUN , PUNCT chur NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 Kiwi det 2 Kiwi Kiwi PROPN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 7 see punct 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 see nsubj 6 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 see aux 7 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 says ccomp 8 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 see obj 9 on on ADP _ 11 weekend case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 weekend det 11 weekend weekend NOUN Number=Sing 7 see obl 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 chur punct 13 chur chur NOUN Number=Sing 7 see obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 7 see punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 7 see punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Kiwi vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 see in a quote future a Kiwi = kiwi you weekend chur obl vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
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: ("Chur" means thanks, cheers, in New Zealand.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj punct conj punct case flat vocative punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Chur PROPN " PUNCT means VERB thanks NOUN , PUNCT cheers NOUN , PUNCT in ADP New PROPN Zealand PROPN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Chur punct 3 Chur Chur PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Chur punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 thanks thanks NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 cheers punct 8 cheers cheer NOUN Number=Plur 6 thanks conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 Zealand punct 10 in in ADP _ 12 Zealand case 11 New New PROPN Number=Sing 12 Zealand flat 12 Zealand Zealand PROPN Number=Sing 6 thanks vocative 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Chur thanks and cheers vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Topic
Sentence 3: Your nan from Kent says he got it wrong.
nmod:poss nsubj case nmod nsubj ccomp obj xcomp punct root Your PRON nan NOUN from ADP Kent PROPN says VERB he PRON got VERB it PRON wrong ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 nan nmod:poss 2 nan nan NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 3 from from ADP _ 4 Kent case 4 Kent Kent PROPN Number=Sing 2 nan nmod 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 got nsubj 7 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 says ccomp 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 got obj 9 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 7 got xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your nan from Kent vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 get past nan it wrong property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
Sentence 4: Is that fair?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX that PRON fair ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fair cop 2 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 fair nsubj 3 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 fair punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present that fair property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice No, but only because he said chur
discourse punct cc advmod mark nsubj nsubj root No INTJ , PUNCT but CCONJ only ADV because SCONJ he PRON said VERB chur NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 7 said discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 said punct 3 but but CCONJ _ 7 said cc 4 only only ADV _ 7 said advmod 5 because because SCONJ _ 7 said mark 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 said nsubj 7 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 chur chur NOUN Number=Sing 7 said nsubj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past he vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Yes, "at the weekend" is the only proper English anywhere
discourse punct punct case det nsubj punct cop det amod amod advmod root Yes INTJ , PUNCT " PUNCT at ADP the DET weekend NOUN " PUNCT is AUX the DET only ADJ proper ADJ English PROPN anywhere ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 12 English discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 weekend punct 4 at at ADP _ 6 weekend case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 weekend det 6 weekend weekend NOUN Number=Sing 12 English nsubj 7 " " PUNCT _ 6 weekend punct 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 English cop 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 English det 10 only only ADJ Degree=Pos 12 English amod 11 proper proper ADJ Degree=Pos 12 English amod 12 English English PROPN Number=Sing root root 13 anywhere anywhere ADV PronType=Ind 12 English advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the weekend the only proper English anywhere property tree rules
Option 3 Yes, it should be "in the weekend"
discourse punct nsubj aux cop punct case det punct root Yes INTJ , PUNCT it PRON should AUX be AUX " PUNCT in ADP the DET weekend NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 9 weekend discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 weekend nsubj 4 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 weekend aux 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 9 weekend cop 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 be punct 7 in in ADP _ 9 weekend case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 weekend det 9 weekend weekend NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 weekend punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote should it in the weekend tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer No, "on the weekend" is normal outside Britain
discourse punct punct case det nsubj punct cop case obl root No INTJ , PUNCT " PUNCT on ADP the DET weekend NOUN " PUNCT is AUX normal ADJ outside ADP Britain PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 9 normal discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 weekend punct 4 on on ADP _ 6 weekend case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 weekend det 6 weekend weekend NOUN Number=Sing 9 normal nsubj 7 " " PUNCT _ 6 weekend punct 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 normal cop 9 normal normal ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 outside outside ADP _ 11 Britain case 11 Britain Britain PROPN Number=Sing 9 normal obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the weekend outside Britain; normal property tree rules
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