Test 7 · ★★ · VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries
Mum to the Glasgow brothers: «Aye, ye will. Dinner's at six». What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dinner, Mum · What happens: be, mean · To what, where: six
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 65 «VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries» of the medicine 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: Mum to the Glasgow brothers: «Aye, ye will.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 will | nsubj |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 brothers | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 brothers | det |
| 4 | Glasgow | Glasgow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 brothers | compound |
| 5 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Mum | nmod |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 will | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 will | punct |
| 8 | Aye | aye | INTJ | _ | 11 will | discourse |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Aye | punct |
| 10 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 11 will | nsubj |
| 11 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 will | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Dinner's at six».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 six | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 six | cop |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 six | case |
| 4 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 six | punct |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 six | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Dinner | six | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What does she mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Mum | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Dinner is cancelled on derby day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cancelled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cancelled | aux:pass |
| 3 | cancelled | cancel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 day | case |
| 5 | derby | derby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 day | compound |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cancelled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cancel | present · passive | Dinner | day | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
They'll talk to each other at dinner anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 talk | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 talk | aux |
| 3 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 each | case |
| 5 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 3 talk | obl |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 each | fixed |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 dinner | case |
| 8 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 talk | obl |
| 9 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 3 talk | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | future | They | dinner | to each; anyway property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to each=Co-Agent |
Option 3
They must support the same team
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 support | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 support | aux |
| 3 | support | support | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 team | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 team | amod |
| 6 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 support | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | support | must | They | the same team | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer team=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
They'll eat separately in their own rooms till Monday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 eat | aux |
| 3 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | separately | separately | ADV | _ | 3 eat | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 rooms | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 rooms | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rooms | amod |
| 8 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eat | obl |
| 9 | till | till | ADP | _ | 10 Monday | case |
| 10 | Monday | Monday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 eat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | future | They | their own rooms | monday | separately property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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