Test 1 · Adverts and how they work on you Freya screams, "I NEED it, it's bussin', everyone's got one!" ("Bussin'" means amazing.) Dad says, "That's the ad talking, babe." What does Dad mean?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Freya, it, everyone, Bussin, Dad, That · What happens: scream, need, be, get, mean, say · To what, where: it, one, ad · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 33 «Adverts and how they work on you» of the money 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: Freya screams, "I NEED it, it's bussin', everyone's got one!"
nsubj punct punct nsubj ccomp obj punct nsubj cop parataxis case nsubj aux ccomp obj punct punct root Freya PROPN screams VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT I PRON NEED VERB it PRON , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX bussin ADJ ', PART everyone PRON 's AUX got VERB one NUM ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Freya Freya PROPN Number=Sing 2 screams nsubj 2 screams scream VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 NEED punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 6 NEED punct 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 NEED nsubj 6 NEED need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 screams ccomp 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 NEED obj 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 bussin punct 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 bussin nsubj 10 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 bussin cop 11 bussin bussin ADJ Degree=Pos 2 screams parataxis 12 ', ', PART _ 11 bussin case 13 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 15 got nsubj 14 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 got aux 15 got get VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 2 screams ccomp 16 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 15 got obj 17 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 screams punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 2 screams punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 scream speech: express present Freya vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 need in a quote present Freya it vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme 3 is in a quote present it bussin property tree rules 4 get in a quote present · passive everyone one vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=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: ("Bussin'" means amazing.)
punct punct nsubj punct punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Bussin PROPN ' PUNCT " PUNCT means VERB amazing ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bussin punct 3 Bussin Bussin PROPN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 4 ' ' PUNCT _ 3 Bussin punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bussin punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 amazing amazing ADJ Degree=Pos 6 means xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Bussin amazing property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Dad says, "That's the ad talking, babe."
nsubj punct punct nsubj cop det ccomp acl punct conj punct punct root Dad NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT That PRON 's AUX the DET ad NOUN talking VERB , PUNCT babe NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 says punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 8 ad punct 5 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 8 ad nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 ad cop 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 ad det 8 ad ad NOUN Number=Sing 2 says ccomp 9 talking talk VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 ad acl 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 babe punct 11 babe babe NOUN Number=Sing 8 ad conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 ad punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 8 ad punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Dad vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present That the ad and babe tree rules 3 talk in a quote gerund the ad and babe not said here vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: What does Dad mean?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX Dad PROPN mean VERB ? PUNCT 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 Dad Dad PROPN Number=Sing 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 Dad vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 The TV is speaking to Freya by name
det nsubj aux case obl case obl root The DET TV NOUN is AUX speaking VERB to ADP Freya PROPN by ADP name NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 TV det 2 TV TV NOUN Number=Sing 4 speaking nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 speaking aux 4 speaking speak VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 to to ADP _ 6 Freya case 6 Freya Freya PROPN Number=Sing 4 speaking obl 7 by by ADP _ 8 name case 8 name name NOUN Number=Sing 4 speaking obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 speak speech: other present · progressive the TV Freya by name vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to freya=Co-Agent
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer The ad made her want it; she doesn't really need it
det nsubj obj xcomp obj punct nsubj aux advmod advmod advcl obj root The DET ad NOUN made VERB her PRON want VERB it PRON ; PUNCT she PRON does AUX n't PART really ADV need VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 ad det 2 ad ad NOUN Number=Sing 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 made obj 5 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 made xcomp 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 want obj 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 12 need punct 8 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 need nsubj 9 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 need aux 10 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 12 need advmod 11 really really ADV _ 12 need advmod 12 need need VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 made advcl 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 need obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past the ad her = she tree rules 2 want infinitive her = she not said here ad vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme 3 not need present · do-support she ad vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
Option 3 Everyone really has one, so she must buy it
nsubj advmod obj punct advmod nsubj aux conj obj root Everyone PRON really ADV has VERB one NUM , PUNCT so ADV she PRON must AUX buy VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 3 has nsubj 2 really really ADV _ 3 has advmod 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 has obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 buy punct 6 so so ADV _ 9 buy advmod 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 buy nsubj 8 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 buy aux 9 buy buy VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 has conj 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 buy obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present Everyone one vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient 2 buy must she it vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Option 4 Freya will get the toy for free if she shouts loud enough
nsubj aux det obj case obl mark nsubj advcl advmod advmod root Freya PROPN will AUX get VERB the DET toy NOUN for ADP free ADJ if SCONJ she PRON shouts VERB loud ADV enough ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Freya Freya PROPN Number=Sing 3 get nsubj 2 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 get aux 3 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 toy det 5 toy toy NOUN Number=Sing 3 get obj 6 for for ADP _ 7 free case 7 free free ADJ Degree=Pos 3 get obl 8 if if SCONJ _ 10 shouts mark 9 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 shouts nsubj 10 shouts shout VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 get advcl 11 loud loud ADV _ 10 shouts advmod 12 enough enough ADV _ 10 shouts advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get future Freya the toy for free vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent toy=Theme for free=Source 2 shout speech: express a condition, not said to happen present Freya enough, loud property vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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