Test 3 · ★ · Old guilt: secrets that grow and how to let them go Ethan's cousin in Texas says, "Your grandma's fixin' to come home, y'all can make up." ("Fixin' to" means about to.) What is the best plan?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, y'all, Fixin, best plan · What happens: say, come, make up, mean, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 17 «Old guilt: secrets that grow and how to let them go» 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: Ethan's cousin in Texas says, "Your grandma's fixin' to come home, y'all can make up."
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct punct nmod:poss nmod:poss case ccomp punct mark xcomp advmod punct nsubj aux conj compound:prt punct punct root Ethan PROPN 's PART cousin NOUN in ADP Texas PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Your PRON grandma NOUN 's PART fixin NOUN ' PUNCT to PART come VERB home ADV , PUNCT y'all NOUN can AUX make VERB up ADP . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ethan Ethan PROPN Number=Sing 3 cousin nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ethan case 3 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 4 in in ADP _ 5 Texas case 5 Texas Texas PROPN Number=Sing 3 cousin nmod 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 6 says punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 12 fixin punct 9 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 grandma nmod:poss 10 grandma grandma NOUN Number=Sing 12 fixin nmod:poss 11 's 's PART _ 10 grandma case 12 fixin fixin NOUN Number=Sing 6 says ccomp 13 ' ' PUNCT _ 12 fixin punct 14 to to PART _ 15 come mark 15 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 fixin xcomp 16 home home ADV _ 15 come advmod 17 , , PUNCT _ 20 make punct 18 y'all y'all NOUN Number=Sing 20 make nsubj 19 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 20 make aux 20 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 come conj 21 up up ADP _ 20 make compound:prt 22 . . PUNCT _ 12 fixin punct 23 " " PUNCT _ 12 fixin punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Ethan's cousin in Texas vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 come in a quote to-infinitive Ethan's cousin in Texas not said here home property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 make up in a quote can y'all vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
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: ("Fixin' to" means about to.)
punct punct nsubj punct flat punct advmod fixed punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Fixin PROPN ' PUNCT to PART " PUNCT means VERB about ADV to PART . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 7 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 3 Fixin Fixin PROPN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 4 ' ' PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 5 to to PART _ 3 Fixin flat 6 " " PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 about about ADV _ 7 means advmod 9 to to PART _ 8 about fixed 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Fixin about property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is the best plan?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET best ADJ plan NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 plan det 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 5 plan amod 5 plan plan NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the best plan tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Say sorry when she's home, while he can
xcomp advmod nsubj cop advmod punct mark nsubj advcl root Say VERB sorry ADJ when ADV she PRON 's AUX home ADV , PUNCT while SCONJ he PRON can AUX The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Say xcomp 3 when when ADV PronType=Int 6 home advmod 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 home nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 home cop 6 home home ADV _ 1 Say advmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 can punct 8 while while SCONJ _ 10 can mark 9 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 can nsubj 10 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 1 Say advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: apologize imperative you not said here sorry property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is present she home property tree rules
Option 2 Never mention it, she has surely forgotten
advmod obj punct nsubj aux advmod parataxis root Never ADV mention VERB it PRON , PUNCT she PRON has AUX surely ADV forgotten VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Never never ADV PronType=Neg 2 mention advmod 2 mention mention VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 mention obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 forgotten punct 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 forgotten nsubj 6 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 forgotten aux 7 surely surely ADV _ 8 forgotten advmod 8 forgotten forget VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 2 mention parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not mention speech: other imperative you not said here it vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic 2 forget present · perfect she surely property tree rules
Option 3 Tell her the hospital food made him say it
iobj det compound nsubj ccomp obj xcomp obj root Tell VERB her PRON the DET hospital NOUN food NOUN made VERB him PRON say VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Tell iobj 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 food det 4 hospital hospital NOUN Number=Sing 5 food compound 5 food food NOUN Number=Sing 6 made nsubj 6 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Tell ccomp 7 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 made obj 8 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 made xcomp 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 say obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here her = she vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic 2 make past the hospital food him = he tree rules 3 say speech: assert infinitive him = he not said here food vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
Option 4 Wait until she is ill again to say sorry
mark nsubj cop advcl advmod mark advcl xcomp root Wait VERB until SCONJ she PRON is AUX ill ADJ again ADV to PART say VERB sorry ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wait wait VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 2 until until SCONJ _ 5 ill mark 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 ill nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 ill cop 5 ill ill ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Wait advcl 6 again again ADV _ 1 Wait advmod 7 to to PART _ 8 say mark 8 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Wait advcl 9 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 8 say xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait imperative you not said here again vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is present she ill property tree rules 3 say speech: apologize to-infinitive you not said here sorry property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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