Test 5 · The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline
Amara: «shame, coach, chill now now» as he screams at the ref. What is she telling him?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Amara, she · What happens: chill, scream, tell · To what, where: ref, Amara · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 68 «The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline» 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: Amara: «shame, coach, chill now now» as he screams at the ref.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amara | Amara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 shame | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 shame | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 shame | punct |
| 4 | shame | shame | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 coach | punct |
| 6 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shame | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 chill | punct |
| 8 | chill | chill | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 shame | parataxis |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 chill | advmod |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 chill | advmod |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 chill | punct |
| 12 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 screams | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 screams | nsubj |
| 14 | screams | scream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 chill | advcl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 ref | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 ref | det |
| 17 | ref | ref | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 screams | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shame | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chill in a quote | infinitive | now; now | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | scream speech: express | present | Amara | the ref | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at ref=Location |
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: What is she telling him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 telling | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 telling | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 telling | nsubj |
| 4 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 telling | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 telling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · progressive | she | Amara | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Well done, coach
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 2 done | advmod |
| 2 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 coach | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 done | punct |
| 4 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | participle | well property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Leave the pitch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pitch | det |
| 3 | pitch | pitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the pitch | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitch=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Calm down, soon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calm | calm | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADP | _ | 1 Calm | compound:prt |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Calm | punct |
| 4 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Calm | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | calm down | imperative | you not said here | soon property | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Shout louder now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Shout | xcomp |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Shout | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | now | loud property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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