Test 6 · Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments Ava's dad calls his roaring old banger "The Beast". ("Banger" means old car.) Why did laughing about it with him help?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, Banger · What happens: call, mean, laugh · To what, where: old banger, old car · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 of lesson 11 «Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments» of the reflection 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: Ava's dad calls his roaring old banger "The Beast".
nmod:poss case nsubj nmod:poss compound amod obj punct det appos punct punct root Ava PROPN 's PART dad NOUN calls VERB his PRON roaring NOUN old ADJ banger NOUN " PUNCT The DET Beast PROPN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ava Ava PROPN Number=Sing 3 dad nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ava case 3 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 4 calls nsubj 4 calls call VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 banger nmod:poss 6 roaring roaring NOUN Number=Sing 7 old compound 7 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 8 banger amod 8 banger banger NOUN Number=Sing 4 calls obj 9 " " PUNCT _ 11 Beast punct 10 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 Beast det 11 Beast Beast PROPN Number=Sing 8 banger appos 12 " " PUNCT _ 11 Beast punct 13 . . PUNCT _ 4 calls punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 call present Ava's dad dad's old banger vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent banger=Recipient
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: ("Banger" means old car.)
punct punct nsubj punct amod obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Banger NOUN " PUNCT means VERB old ADJ car NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Banger punct 3 Banger banger NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Banger punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 7 car amod 7 car car NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Banger old car vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Topic
Sentence 3: Why did laughing about it with him help?
advmod aux case obl case compound obl punct root Why ADV did AUX laughing VERB about ADP it PRON with ADP him PRON help NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 3 laughing advmod 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 laughing aux 3 laughing laugh VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 about about ADP _ 5 it case 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 laughing obl 6 with with ADP _ 8 help case 7 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 help compound 8 help help NOUN Number=Sing 3 laughing obl 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 laughing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh past · do-support about banger; with him help vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice It made the car quieter, so nobody could hear it any more
nsubj det obj xcomp punct advmod nsubj aux parataxis obj advmod advmod root It PRON made VERB the DET car NOUN quieter ADJ , PUNCT so ADV nobody PRON could AUX hear VERB it PRON any ADV more ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 car det 4 car car NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obj 5 quieter quiet ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 made xcomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 hear punct 7 so so ADV _ 10 hear advmod 8 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 10 hear nsubj 9 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 hear aux 10 hear hear VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 made parataxis 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 hear obj 12 any any ADV _ 13 more advmod 13 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 10 hear advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past It the car quiet property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material car=Product 2 hear could nobody car vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
Option 2 It meant she could stop loving her dad and feel nothing
nsubj nsubj aux ccomp xcomp nmod:poss obj cc conj obj root It PRON meant VERB she PRON could AUX stop VERB loving VERB her PRON dad NOUN and CCONJ feel VERB nothing PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 meant nsubj 2 meant mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 stop nsubj 4 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 stop aux 5 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 meant ccomp 6 loving love VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 stop xcomp 7 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 dad nmod:poss 8 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 6 loving obj 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 feel cc 10 feel feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin 2 meant conj 11 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 10 feel obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean past It vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 stop could she vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 3 love gerund she not said here her dad vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus 4 feel present nothing vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme
Option 3 It made the other kids stop looking at the car forever
nsubj det amod nsubj ccomp advcl case det obl advmod root It PRON made VERB the DET other ADJ kids NOUN stop VERB looking VERB at ADP the DET car NOUN forever ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 kids det 4 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 5 kids amod 5 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 6 stop nsubj 6 stop stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 made ccomp 7 looking look VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 made advcl 8 at at ADP _ 10 car case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 car det 10 car car NOUN Number=Sing 7 looking obl 11 forever forever ADV _ 7 looking advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past It tree rules 2 stop present the other kids vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality 3 look gerund at the car; forever property vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at car=Theme
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer It turned the cringe into a shared joke, not a shame
nsubj det obj case det amod obl punct advmod det appos root It PRON turned VERB the DET cringe NOUN into ADP a DET shared VERB joke NOUN , PUNCT not PART a DET shame NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 turned nsubj 2 turned turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 cringe det 4 cringe cringe NOUN Number=Sing 2 turned obj 5 into into ADP _ 8 joke case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 joke det 7 shared share VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 joke amod 8 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 2 turned obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 shame punct 10 not not PART Polarity=Neg 12 shame advmod 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 shame det 12 shame shame NOUN Number=Sing 8 joke appos
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 turn past It the cringe a shared joke vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cringe=Theme into joke=Trajectory 2 share participle tree rules
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