Test 2 · Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics

"Mum's tamping at the news again" says a Cardiff boy (tamping = furious). Then she gives him a cwtch (a cuddle). What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, Cardiff boy · What happens: tamp, say, give, be · To what, where: news, cwtch, boy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 14 «Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics» 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: "Mum's tamping at the news again" says a Cardiff boy (tamping = furious).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 tamping	punct
2	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tamping	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tamping	aux
4	tamping	tamp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 says	ccomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 news	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 news	det
7	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tamping	obl
8	again	again	ADV	_	4 tamping	advmod
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 tamping	punct
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 boy	det
12	Cardiff	Cardiff	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 boy	compound
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	obj
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 tamping	punct
15	tamping	tamping	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 boy	appos
16	=	=	SYM	_	17 furious	punct
17	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 tamping	conj
18	)	)	PUNCT	_	15 tamping	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tamp in a quote	present · progressive	Mum			the news	again		vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	a Cardiff boy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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: Then she gives him a cwtch (a cuddle).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 gives	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gives	nsubj
3	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gives	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cwtch	det
6	cwtch	cwtch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gives	obj
7	(	(	PUNCT	_	9 cuddle	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cuddle	det
9	cuddle	cuddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cwtch	appos
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 cuddle	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	Mum	a cwtch	boy		then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cwtch=Theme

Sentence 3: What is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She is angry with her son and is only pretending to be kind so he won't notice

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 angry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	cop
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 son	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 son	nmod:poss
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 angry	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pretending	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 pretending	aux
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 pretending	advmod
10	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 angry	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	13 kind	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 kind	cop
13	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pretending	xcomp
14	so	so	ADV	_	18 notice	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 notice	nsubj
16	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 notice	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 notice	advmod
18	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 kind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	She	with her son; angry property	tree rules
2	pretend	present · progressive	She not said here		tree rules
3	is	to-infinitive	She not said here	kind property	tree rules
4	not notice	future	he		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Tamping means she is happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tamping	tamping	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 happy	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 happy	cop
5	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Tamping						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Tamping					happy property	tree rules

Option 3

Cuddles mean the news was good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cuddles	cuddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mean	nsubj
2	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 news	det
4	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 good	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 good	cop
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 mean	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Cuddles						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the news					good property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Grown-ups can be angry at the news and still loving at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ups	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Grown	punct
3	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 angry	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 angry	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 angry	cop
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 news	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 news	det
9	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 angry	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 loving	cc
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 loving	advmod
12	loving	love	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 angry	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 home	case
14	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 loving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	can	Grown ups	the news		angry property	tree rules
3	love	gerund	Grown ups not said here	home	still		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

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