Test 3 · ★★★ · Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no
Kabir's mates: «bruv, you're so sus, just do it». What's actually true about saying no?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mates · What happens: be, do, say · To what, where: bruv, no · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 75 «Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no» 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: Kabir's mates: «bruv, you're so sus, just do it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kabir | Kabir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mates | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Kabir | case |
| 3 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sus | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 bruv | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 bruv | punct |
| 6 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mates | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 mates | punct |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 sus | nsubj |
| 9 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 sus | cop |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 sus | advmod |
| 11 | sus | suspect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 do | punct |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 do | advmod |
| 14 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 sus | parataxis |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 do | obj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 do | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 sus | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Kabir's mates and bruv | suspect property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do in a quote | infinitive | bruv | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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's actually true about saying no?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 3 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 4 true | advmod |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 6 saying | mark |
| 6 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 true | advcl |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 saying | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | actually, true property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | no | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic |
The options
Option 1
You have to jump to stay mates
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 jump | mark |
| 4 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 have | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 stay | mark |
| 6 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 jump | advcl |
| 7 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stay | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | You | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | jump | to-infinitive | You not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | stay | to-infinitive | You not said here | mates | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme mate=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Saying no is only for little kids and babies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 kids | csubj |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 1 Saying | obj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 kids | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 kids | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 kids | case |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kids | amod |
| 7 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 babies | cc |
| 9 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 kids | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | no | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Saying | for little kids and babies | tree rules |
Option 3
Saying no proves you're weak
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 proves | csubj |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 1 Saying | obj |
| 3 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 weak | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 weak | cop |
| 6 | weak | weak | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 proves | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | no | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic | |||||
| 2 | prove | present | Saying | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | you | weak property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It takes more guts to say no than to follow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 takes | nsubj |
| 2 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 guts | amod |
| 4 | guts | gut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 takes | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 say | mark |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 takes | advcl |
| 7 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 say | discourse |
| 8 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 10 follow | mark |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 follow | mark |
| 10 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 say | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | It | more guts | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gut=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | follow | to-infinitive | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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