Test 2 · Debates and rows on chat shows

Dad mutters: "grand debate, the craic was mighty, but sure nobody answered a thing" (craic = fun). What is he noticing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, craic, nobody · What happens: mutter, be, answer, notice · To what, where: grand debate, thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 11 «Debates and rows on chat shows» 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: Dad mutters: "grand debate, the craic was mighty, but sure nobody answered a thing" (craic = fun).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mutters	nsubj
2	mutters	mutter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 debate	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 debate	punct
5	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 debate	amod
6	debate	debate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mutters	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mighty	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 craic	det
9	craic	craic	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mighty	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 mighty	cop
11	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 debate	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sure	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 sure	cc
14	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 mutters	parataxis
15	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	16 answered	nsubj
16	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 sure	ccomp
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 thing	det
18	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 answered	obj
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 thing	punct
20	(	(	PUNCT	_	21 craic	punct
21	craic	craic	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 thing	appos
22	=	=	SYM	_	23 fun	punct
23	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 craic	conj
24	)	)	PUNCT	_	21 craic	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mutters	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mutter speech: assert	present	Dad	grand debate		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	past	the craic		mighty property	tree rules
3	answer speech: assert in a quote	past	nobody	a thing		vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent thing=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 is he noticing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 noticing	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 noticing	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 noticing	nsubj
4	noticing	notice	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 noticing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	present · progressive	Dad						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The debate was boring and quiet, with nobody saying anything at all for an hour

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 debate	det
2	debate	debate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 boring	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 boring	cop
4	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 quiet	cc
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boring	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 saying	punct
8	with	with	SCONJ	_	10 saying	mark
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 saying	nsubj
10	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 boring	advcl
11	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 saying	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 anything	nmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 hour	case
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 hour	det
16	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the debate				boring property	tree rules
2	be		the debate not said here					tree rules
3	say speech: assert	gerund	nobody	anything	all	hour		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic

Option 2

The moderator answered for them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 moderator	det
2	moderator	moderator	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answered	nsubj
3	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 answered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	the moderator					for them = they	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Everyone gave long careful answers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answers	amod
4	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answers	amod
5	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	Everyone	long careful answers					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The show was lively but the questions were not really answered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 show	det
2	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lively	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lively	cop
4	lively	lively	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 answered	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 questions	det
7	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 answered	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 answered	aux:pass
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 answered	advmod
10	really	really	ADV	_	11 answered	advmod
11	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 lively	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the show					lively property	tree rules
2	not answer speech: assert	past · passive		the questions					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Eventuality

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