Test 9 · Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics "Nah, I'm not nesh, I can watch the war news" says a lad from Sheffield (nesh = a bit soft). Afterwards he feels awful. What is OK?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lad · What happens: not be, watch, say, feel, be · To what, where: war news · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: "Nah, I'm not nesh, I can watch the war news" says a lad from Sheffield (nesh = a bit soft).
punct discourse punct nsubj cop advmod ccomp punct nsubj aux parataxis det compound obj punct det obj case nmod punct appos punct det obl:unmarked conj punct punct root " PUNCT Nah INTJ , PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX not PART nesh ADJ , PUNCT I PRON can AUX watch VERB the DET war NOUN news NOUN " PUNCT says VERB a DET lad NOUN from ADP Sheffield PROPN ( PUNCT nesh NOUN = SYM a DET bit NOUN soft ADJ ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 7 nesh punct 2 Nah nah INTJ _ 7 nesh discourse 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 Nah punct 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 nesh nsubj 5 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 nesh cop 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 nesh advmod 7 nesh nesh ADJ Degree=Pos 16 says ccomp 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 watch punct 9 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 11 watch nsubj 10 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 watch aux 11 watch watch VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 nesh parataxis 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 news det 13 war war NOUN Number=Sing 14 news compound 14 news news NOUN Number=Sing 11 watch obj 15 " " PUNCT _ 7 nesh punct 16 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 lad det 18 lad lad NOUN Number=Sing 16 says obj 19 from from ADP _ 20 Sheffield case 20 Sheffield Sheffield PROPN Number=Sing 18 lad nmod 21 ( ( PUNCT _ 22 nesh punct 22 nesh nesh NOUN Number=Sing 18 lad appos 23 = = SYM _ 26 soft punct 24 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 25 bit det 25 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 26 soft obl:unmarked 26 soft soft ADJ Degree=Pos 22 nesh conj 27 ) ) PUNCT _ 22 nesh punct 28 . . PUNCT _ 16 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is in a quote present a lad = lad nesh property tree rules 2 watch in a quote can a lad = lad the war news vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme 3 say speech: assert present a lad vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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: Afterwards he feels awful.
advmod nsubj xcomp punct root Afterwards ADV he PRON feels VERB awful ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Afterwards afterwards ADV _ 3 feels advmod 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 feels nsubj 3 feels feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 3 feels xcomp 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 feels punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feel present lad afterwards, awful property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Sentence 3: What is OK?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX OK ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 OK nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 OK cop 3 OK ok ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 OK punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present ok property tree rules
The options Option 1 Watching even more war news to toughen himself up
advmod amod compound obj mark advcl obj compound:prt root Watching VERB even ADV more ADJ war NOUN news NOUN to PART toughen VERB himself PRON up ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Watching watch VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 even even ADV _ 3 more advmod 3 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 news amod 4 war war NOUN Number=Sing 5 news compound 5 news news NOUN Number=Sing 1 Watching obj 6 to to PART _ 7 toughen mark 7 toughen toughen VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Watching advcl 8 himself himself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 7 toughen obj 9 up up ADP _ 7 toughen compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 watch gerund more war news vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme 2 toughen up to-infinitive himself = he vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Taking a news break and talking to a grown-up
det compound obj cc conj case det compound punct obl root Taking VERB a DET news NOUN break NOUN and CCONJ talking VERB to ADP a DET grown NOUN - PUNCT up NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Taking take VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 break det 3 news news NOUN Number=Sing 4 break compound 4 break break NOUN Number=Sing 1 Taking obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 talking cc 6 talking talk VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Taking conj 7 to to ADP _ 11 up case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 up det 9 grown grown NOUN Number=Sing 11 up compound 10 - - PUNCT _ 11 up punct 11 up up NOUN Number=Sing 6 talking obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take gerund a news break vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent break=Theme 2 talk gerund to a grown up vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to up=Co-Agent
Option 3 Never telling anyone how awful he feels about it
advmod csubj obj advmod amod nsubj case obl root Never ADV telling VERB anyone PRON how ADV awful ADJ he PRON feels VERB about ADP it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Never never ADV PronType=Neg 2 telling advmod 2 telling tell VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 feels csubj 3 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 telling obj 4 how how ADV PronType=Int 5 awful advmod 5 awful awful ADJ Degree=Pos 7 feels amod 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 feels nsubj 7 feels feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 about about ADP _ 9 it case 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 feels obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not tell speech: assert gerund anyone vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient 2 feel present he about it vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location
Option 4 Pretending to be fine forever, because boys don't cry
nsubj mark cop advmod punct mark nsubj aux advmod parataxis root Pretending VERB to PART be AUX fine ADJ forever ADV , PUNCT because SCONJ boys NOUN do AUX n't PART cry VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pretending pretend VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 fine nsubj 2 to to PART _ 4 fine mark 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 fine cop 4 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 forever forever ADV _ 4 fine advmod 6 , , PUNCT _ 11 cry punct 7 because because SCONJ _ 11 cry mark 8 boys boy NOUN Number=Plur 11 cry nsubj 9 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 cry aux 10 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 11 cry advmod 11 cry cry VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 fine parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pretend gerund tree rules 2 is to-infinitive fine, forever property tree rules 3 not cry speech: express present · do-support boys vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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