Test 2 · School councils and class reps

In Liverpool: "Sound speech, but you said 'um' like fifty times, la." What tip would help?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, la. · What happens: say, help · To what, where: um · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 37 «School councils and class reps» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Liverpool	case
2	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 speech	obl
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 speech	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 speech	punct
5	Sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 speech	compound
6	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 said	cc
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 speech	conj
11	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 um	punct
12	um	um	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	obj
13	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 um	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	16 times	case
15	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 times	nummod
16	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 said	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 la.	punct
18	la.	La.	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 speech	parataxis
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 help	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 help	nsubj
21	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 help	nsubj
22	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 help	aux
23	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 la.	parataxis
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 speech	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	you	um			time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent um=Topic
2	help	would	la.						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Pick three clear ideas and say them slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 ideas	nummod
3	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ideas	amod
4	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pick	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pick	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 say	obj
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	6 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	imperative	you not said here	three clear ideas					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	ideas = idea				slowly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 2

Talk faster so the ums disappear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Talk	advmod
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 disappear	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ums	det
5	ums	um	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 disappear	nsubj
6	disappear	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Talk	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	imperative	you not said here					fast property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	disappear	present	the ums						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Say nothing and just smile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 smile	cc
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 smile	advmod
5	smile	smile	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	smile	infinitive	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Read the dictionary aloud instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dictionary	det
3	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Read	obj
4	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	1 Read	advmod
5	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Read	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	imperative	you not said here	the dictionary				aloud, instead property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dictionary=Topic

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