Test 9 · ★ · Old guilt: secrets that grow and how to let them go Jacob's gran, a proper old Yorkshire lass, says, "Eh, nobody knew where you were, love. Anything could've happened." What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: gran, nobody, you, Anything, Eh · What happens: say, know, be, happen, mean · To what, where: Eh · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Jacob's gran, a proper old Yorkshire lass, says, "Eh, nobody knew where you were, love.
nmod:poss case nsubj punct det amod amod compound conj punct punct punct obj punct nsubj acl:relcl advmod nsubj ccomp punct appos punct root Jacob PROPN 's PART gran NOUN , PUNCT a DET proper ADJ old ADJ Yorkshire PROPN lass NOUN , PUNCT says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Eh PROPN , PUNCT nobody PRON knew VERB where ADV you PRON were VERB , PUNCT love NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jacob Jacob PROPN Number=Sing 3 gran nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Jacob case 3 gran gran NOUN Number=Sing 11 says nsubj 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 lass punct 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 lass det 6 proper proper ADJ Degree=Pos 9 lass amod 7 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 9 lass amod 8 Yorkshire Yorkshire PROPN Number=Sing 9 lass compound 9 lass lass NOUN Number=Sing 3 gran conj 10 , , PUNCT _ 3 gran punct 11 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 Eh punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 14 Eh punct 14 Eh Eh PROPN Number=Sing 11 says obj 15 , , PUNCT _ 17 knew punct 16 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 17 knew nsubj 17 knew know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 14 Eh acl:relcl 18 where where ADV PronType=Rel 20 were advmod 19 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 20 were nsubj 20 were be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 17 knew ccomp 21 , , PUNCT _ 22 love punct 22 love love NOUN Number=Sing 14 Eh appos 23 . . PUNCT _ 11 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Jacob's gran and a proper old Yorkshire lass Eh vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent eh=Topic 2 know in a quote past nobody Eh not said here tree rules 3 be in a quote past you vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: 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: Anything could've happened."
nsubj aux aux punct punct root Anything PRON could AUX 've AUX happened VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 happened nsubj 2 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 happened aux 3 've have AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 happened aux 4 happened happen VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 happened punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 4 happened punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen could · perfect Anything vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What does she mean?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX she PRON mean VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 mean obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 mean nsubj 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present · do-support Eh vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 He should have taken a torch and then it would be fine
nsubj aux aux det obj cc advmod expl aux cop conj root He PRON should AUX have AUX taken VERB a DET torch NOUN and CCONJ then ADV it PRON would AUX be AUX fine ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 taken nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 taken aux 3 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 taken aux 4 taken take VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 torch det 6 torch torch NOUN Number=Sing 4 taken obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 12 fine cc 8 then then ADV PronType=Dem 12 fine advmod 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 fine expl 10 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 fine aux 11 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 12 fine cop 12 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 4 taken conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take should · perfect He a torch vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Theme 2 is would He not said here then fine property tree rules
Option 2 It was fine because nothing bad happened that night
expl cop mark nsubj amod parataxis det obl:unmarked root It PRON was AUX fine ADJ because SCONJ nothing PRON bad ADJ happened VERB that DET night 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 3 fine expl 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 fine cop 3 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 because because SCONJ _ 7 happened mark 5 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 7 happened nsubj 6 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 5 nothing amod 7 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 fine parataxis 8 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 night det 9 night night NOUN Number=Sing 7 happened obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past fine property tree rules 2 happen past nothing night vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer No one could help him if something went wrong
det nsubj aux obj mark nsubj advcl xcomp root No DET one NOUN could AUX help VERB him PRON if SCONJ something PRON went VERB wrong ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no DET PronType=Neg 2 one det 2 one one NOUN Number=Sing 4 help nsubj 3 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 help aux 4 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 help obj 6 if if SCONJ _ 8 went mark 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 8 went nsubj 8 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 help advcl 9 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 8 went xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help could no one him = he vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary 2 go a condition, not said to happen past something wrong property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Night-time is always safe in a small town
compound punct nsubj cop advmod case det amod obl root Night NOUN - PUNCT time NOUN is AUX always ADV safe ADJ in ADP a DET small ADJ town NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Night night NOUN Number=Sing 3 time compound 2 - - PUNCT _ 1 Night punct 3 time time NOUN Number=Sing 6 safe nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 safe cop 5 always always ADV PronType=Tot 6 safe advmod 6 safe safe ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 in in ADP _ 10 town case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 town det 9 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 10 town amod 10 town town NOUN Number=Sing 6 safe obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Night time a small town always, safe property tree rules
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