Test 8 · ★ · Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that hold sent…

Your mum, mad, says "Tidy your room or no telly." Your dad, chilled, says "Tidy your room and you can have telly." Is the deal different?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, dad, you, deal · What happens: say, tidy, chill, have, be · To what, where: room, dad, telly · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Your mum, mad, says "Tidy your room or no telly."

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 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 mad	punct
4	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 mum	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 mum	punct
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Tidy	punct
8	Tidy	tidy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 says	ccomp
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 room	nmod:poss
10	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Tidy	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 telly	cc
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 telly	det
13	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 room	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Tidy	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Tidy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tidy in a quote	infinitive		your room or no telly					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: Your dad, chilled, says "Tidy your room and you can have telly."

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 dad	nmod:poss
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 chilled	punct
4	chilled	chill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dad	acl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 dad	punct
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Tidy	punct
8	Tidy	tidy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 says	ccomp
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 room	nmod:poss
10	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Tidy	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 have	cc
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 have	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 have	aux
14	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 Tidy	conj
15	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 have	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Tidy	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Tidy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	chill	participle		Your dad not said here	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	present	Your dad		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	tidy in a quote	infinitive		your room	tree rules
4	have in a quote	can	you	telly	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telly=Patient

Sentence 3: Is the deal different?

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	4 different	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 deal	det
3	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 different	nsubj
4	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 different	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the deal					different property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, Dad's deal gives you more telly than Mum's

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 gives	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 deal	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Dad	case
5	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	nsubj
6	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 gives	iobj
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 telly	amod
9	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gives	obj
10	than	than	ADP	_	11 Mum	case
11	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 telly	nmod
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Mum	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	Dad's deal	more telly	you			than Mum	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient telly=Theme
2	deal		Dad						nom deal «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Yes, Mum's means no telly ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Mum	case
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 telly	det
7	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 means	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Mum	no telly			ever		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telly=Topic

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

No, same deal; mum's sounds stricter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 same	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 deal	amod
4	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 sounds	punct
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sounds	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 mum	case
8	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 deal	appos
9	stricter	strict	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 sounds	xcomp

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

No, and both sound equally kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 sound	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sound	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sound	cc
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 sound	nsubj
5	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	equally	equally	ADV	_	5 sound	advmod
7	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sound	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	present	both					equally, kind property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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