Test 8 · ★ · The news: who makes it and how A Scottish gran says, "Turn it aff, hen, it's aw greetin' and misery." ("Hen" means dear; "greetin'" means crying.) Why does the news seem sad?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Scottish gran, gran, Hen, greetin, news · What happens: say, turn, be, mean, cry, seem · To what, where: gran, aw greetin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 10 «The news: who makes it and how» of the politics 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: A Scottish gran says, "Turn it aff, hen, it's aw greetin' and misery."
det amod nsubj punct punct ccomp obj obj punct conj punct nsubj cop amod parataxis punct cc conj punct punct root A DET Scottish ADJ gran NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Turn VERB it PRON aff NOUN , PUNCT hen NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX aw ADJ greetin NOUN ' PUNCT and CCONJ misery NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 gran det 2 Scottish Scottish ADJ Degree=Pos 3 gran amod 3 gran gran NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 Turn punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 7 Turn punct 7 Turn turn VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 says ccomp 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 Turn obj 9 aff aff NOUN Number=Sing 7 Turn obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 hen punct 11 hen hen NOUN Number=Sing 9 aff conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 greetin punct 13 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 greetin nsubj 14 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 greetin cop 15 aw aw ADJ Degree=Pos 16 greetin amod 16 greetin greetin NOUN Number=Sing 7 Turn parataxis 17 ' ' PUNCT _ 16 greetin punct 18 and and CCONJ _ 19 misery cc 19 misery misery NOUN Number=Sing 16 greetin conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct 21 " " PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Scottish gran vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 turn in a quote infinitive gran vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: agent=Agent it=Theme aff=Result 3 is a in a quote present gran aw greetin and misery 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: ("Hen" means dear; "greetin'" means crying.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct nsubj punct punct conj obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Hen PROPN " PUNCT means VERB dear ADJ ; PUNCT " PUNCT greetin NOUN ' PUNCT " PUNCT means VERB crying VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Hen punct 3 Hen Hen PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Hen punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 dear dear ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 12 means punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 greetin punct 9 greetin greetin NOUN Number=Sing 12 means nsubj 10 ' ' PUNCT _ 9 greetin punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 9 greetin punct 12 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 means conj 13 crying cry VERB VerbForm=Ger 12 means obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Hen dear property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 mean present greetin vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 3 cry speech: express gerund vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Why does the news seem sad?
advmod aux det nsubj xcomp punct root Why ADV does AUX the DET news NOUN seem VERB sad ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 5 seem advmod 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 seem aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 news det 4 news news NOUN Number=Sing 5 seem nsubj 5 seem seem VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 5 seem xcomp 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 seem punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 seem present · do-support the news sad property vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer News reports what is unusual, which is often problems
nsubj nsubj cop ccomp punct nsubj cop advmod conj root News NOUN reports VERB what PRON is AUX unusual ADJ , PUNCT which PRON is AUX often ADV problems NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 News news NOUN Number=Sing 2 reports nsubj 2 reports report VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 what what PRON PronType=Int 5 unusual nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 unusual cop 5 unusual unusual ADJ Degree=Pos 2 reports ccomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 problems punct 7 which which PRON PronType=Rel 10 problems nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 problems cop 9 often often ADV _ 10 problems advmod 10 problems problem NOUN Number=Plur 5 unusual conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 report present News vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is present unusual property tree rules 3 is a present problems often property tree rules
Option 2 The news is made only by sad people who want everyone else to feel sad too
The tree, 16 words det nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod case amod obl:agent nsubj acl:relcl obj advmod mark xcomp xcomp advmod root The DET news NOUN is AUX made VERB only ADV by ADP sad ADJ people NOUN who PRON want VERB everyone PRON else ADV to PART feel VERB sad ADJ too ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 news det 2 news news NOUN Number=Sing 4 made nsubj:pass 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 made aux:pass 4 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 only only ADV _ 8 people advmod 6 by by ADP _ 8 people case 7 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 8 people amod 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 4 made obl:agent 9 who who PRON PronType=Rel 10 want nsubj 10 want want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 people acl:relcl 11 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 10 want obj 12 else else ADV _ 10 want advmod 13 to to PART _ 14 feel mark 14 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 want xcomp 15 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 14 feel xcomp 16 too too ADV _ 14 feel advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present · passive sad people the news vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product 2 want present sad people everyone else property tree rules 3 feel not said to happen to-infinitive everyone not said here sad property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Option 3 Only sad things happen in Scotland
advmod amod nsubj case obl root Only ADV sad ADJ things NOUN happen VERB in ADP Scotland PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 3 things advmod 2 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos 3 things amod 3 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 4 happen nsubj 4 happen happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 in in ADP _ 6 Scotland case 6 Scotland Scotland PROPN Number=Sing 4 happen obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen present sad things Scotland vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in scotland=Location
Option 4 Happy news is banned from TV
amod nsubj:pass aux:pass case obl root Happy ADJ news NOUN is AUX banned VERB from ADP TV NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 news amod 2 news news NOUN Number=Sing 4 banned nsubj:pass 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 banned aux:pass 4 banned ban VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 from from ADP _ 6 TV case 6 TV TV NOUN Number=Sing 4 banned obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ban present · passive Happy news TV vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from tv=Eventuality
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