Test 1 · When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big… Ellie's cousin from Cardiff: "Christmas was proper lush till they started rowing, now it's ruined forever, innit." ("Lush" means lovely.) What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Christmas, cousin, Lush, truth · What happens: be, start, row, ruin, innit, mean · To what, where: proper lush, lush
This is test 1 of lesson 14 «When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big changes» 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: Ellie's cousin from Cardiff: "Christmas was proper lush till they started rowing, now it's ruined forever, innit."
nmod:poss case case nmod punct punct nsubj cop amod conj mark nsubj advcl xcomp punct advmod nsubj:pass aux:pass conj advmod punct conj punct punct root Ellie PROPN 's PART cousin NOUN from ADP Cardiff PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Christmas PROPN was AUX proper ADJ lush NOUN till SCONJ they PRON started VERB rowing VERB , PUNCT now ADV it PRON 's AUX ruined VERB forever ADV , PUNCT innit VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ellie Ellie PROPN Number=Sing 3 cousin nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ellie case 3 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 from from ADP _ 5 Cardiff case 5 Cardiff Cardiff PROPN Number=Sing 3 cousin nmod 6 : : PUNCT _ 11 lush punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 11 lush punct 8 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 11 lush nsubj 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 lush cop 10 proper proper ADJ Degree=Pos 11 lush amod 11 lush lush NOUN Number=Sing 3 cousin conj 12 till till SCONJ _ 14 started mark 13 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 started nsubj 14 started start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 lush advcl 15 rowing row VERB VerbForm=Ger 14 started xcomp 16 , , PUNCT _ 20 ruined punct 17 now now ADV PronType=Dem 20 ruined advmod 18 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 20 ruined nsubj:pass 19 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 20 ruined aux:pass 20 ruined ruin VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 15 rowing conj 21 forever forever ADV _ 20 ruined advmod 22 , , PUNCT _ 23 innit punct 23 innit innit VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 cousin conj 24 . . PUNCT _ 3 cousin punct 25 " " PUNCT _ 3 cousin punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote past Christmas proper lush tree rules 2 start in a quote past cousin vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 3 row in a quote gerund cousin not said here vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent 4 ruin in a quote present · passive lush now forever property vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient 5 innit in a quote infinitive tree rules
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: ("Lush" means lovely.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Lush PROPN " PUNCT means VERB lovely ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lush punct 3 Lush Lush PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lush punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 lovely lovely ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Lush lovely property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truth tree rules
The options Option 1 She's right; it'll be ruined every year now
nsubj cop punct nsubj:pass aux aux:pass conj det obl:unmarked advmod root She PRON 's AUX right ADJ ; PUNCT it PRON 'll AUX be AUX ruined VERB every DET year NOUN now ADV 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 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ; ; PUNCT _ 8 ruined punct 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 ruined nsubj:pass 6 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 ruined aux 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 ruined aux:pass 8 ruined ruin VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 right conj 9 every every DET PronType=Tot 10 year det 10 year year NOUN Number=Sing 8 ruined obl:unmarked 11 now now ADV PronType=Dem 8 ruined advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present She right property tree rules 2 ruin future · passive it now; year vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer One bad moment doesn't ruin every Christmas
nummod amod nsubj aux advmod det obj root One NUM bad ADJ moment NOUN does AUX n't PART ruin VERB every DET Christmas PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 moment nummod 2 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 3 moment amod 3 moment moment NOUN Number=Sing 6 ruin nsubj 4 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 ruin aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 ruin advmod 6 ruin ruin VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 every every DET PronType=Tot 8 Christmas det 8 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 6 ruin obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not ruin present · do-support One bad moment every Christmas vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christmas=Patient
Option 3 Christmas rows always happen again next year
compound nsubj advmod advmod amod obl:unmarked root Christmas PROPN rows NOUN always ADV happen VERB again ADV next ADJ year NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 2 rows compound 2 rows row NOUN Number=Plur 4 happen nsubj 3 always always ADV PronType=Tot 4 happen advmod 4 happen happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 again again ADV _ 4 happen advmod 6 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 7 year amod 7 year year NOUN Number=Sing 4 happen obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen present Christmas rows again; year always property vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Christmas is only lush for grown-ups
nsubj cop advmod case amod punct obl root Christmas PROPN is AUX only ADV lush ADJ for ADP grown VERB - PUNCT ups NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 4 lush nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 lush cop 3 only only ADV _ 4 lush advmod 4 lush lush ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 for for ADP _ 8 ups case 6 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 ups amod 7 - - PUNCT _ 6 grown punct 8 ups up NOUN Number=Plur 4 lush obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Christmas for grown ups; lush property tree rules 2 grow participle vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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