Test 4 · Debates and rows on chat shows

«that zinger was bussin', she totally answered the question» (bussin' = really good). What might be wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: zinger, she · What happens: be, answer · To what, where: question

This is test 4 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: «that zinger was bussin', she totally answered the question» (bussin' = really good).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 bussin	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 zinger	det
3	zinger	zinger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bussin	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bussin	cop
5	bussin	bussin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	',	',	PUNCT	_	5 bussin	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 answered	nsubj
8	totally	totally	ADV	_	9 answered	advmod
9	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bussin	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 question	det
11	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 answered	obj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 question	punct
13	(	(	PUNCT	_	14 bussin	punct
14	bussin	bussin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 question	appos
15	'	'	PUNCT	_	14 bussin	punct
16	=	=	SYM	_	18 good	punct
17	really	really	ADV	_	18 good	advmod
18	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bussin	conj
19	)	)	PUNCT	_	14 bussin	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bussin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	that zinger					bussin property	tree rules
2	answer speech: assert in a quote	past	she	the question				totally property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=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 might be wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 wrong	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 wrong	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 wrong	cop
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	might						wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Zingers are made up on the spot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zingers	zinger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 made	compound:prt
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 spot	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spot	det
7	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	present · passive		Zingers		the spot			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A funny line can be memorable and still not answer the question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 line	det
2	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 line	amod
3	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 memorable	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 memorable	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 memorable	cop
6	memorable	memorable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 answer	cc
8	still	still	ADV	_	10 answer	advmod
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 answer	advmod
10	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 memorable	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 question	det
12	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 answer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	a funny line					memorable property	tree rules
2	not answer speech: assert	infinitive	a funny line not said here	the question			still		vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality

Option 3

Zingers always contain the full answer, so a good zinger means the question is answered

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zingers	zinger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 contain	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 contain	advmod
3	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 answer	det
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contain	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 means	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 means	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 zinger	det
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 zinger	amod
11	zinger	zinger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 means	nsubj
12	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 contain	parataxis
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 question	det
14	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 answered	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 answered	aux:pass
16	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	contain	present	Zingers	the full answer	always property	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot answer=Theme
2	mean	present	a good zinger			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	answer speech: assert	present · passive		the question		vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

Funny lines are banned in debates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lines	amod
2	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 banned	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 banned	aux:pass
4	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 debates	case
6	debates	debate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 banned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present · passive		Funny lines		debates			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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