Test 9 · The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape Kofi's classmate drawls, "Ain't nothin' wrong with how you talk, y'all." ("Y'all" means you all, from the southern US.) What's she saying?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: classmate, you, Y'all · What happens: drawl, talk, mean, say · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 18 «The fight I lost and the bullying I can't escape» 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: Kofi's classmate drawls, "Ain't nothin' wrong with how you talk, y'all."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct compound advmod nsubj punct ccomp mark advmod nsubj advcl punct advmod punct punct root Kofi PROPN 's PART classmate NOUN drawls VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Ai X n't PART nothin NOUN ' PUNCT wrong ADJ with SCONJ how ADV you PRON talk VERB , PUNCT y'all ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kofi Kofi PROPN Number=Sing 3 classmate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Kofi case 3 classmate classmate NOUN Number=Sing 4 drawls nsubj 4 drawls drawl VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 11 wrong punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 nothin punct 7 Ai Ai X Foreign=Yes 9 nothin compound 8 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 9 nothin advmod 9 nothin nothin NOUN Number=Sing 11 wrong nsubj 10 ' ' PUNCT _ 9 nothin punct 11 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 4 drawls ccomp 12 with with SCONJ _ 15 talk mark 13 how how ADV PronType=Int 15 talk advmod 14 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 15 talk nsubj 15 talk talk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 wrong advcl 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 y'all punct 17 y'all y'all ADV _ 4 drawls advmod 18 . . PUNCT _ 4 drawls punct 19 " " PUNCT _ 4 drawls punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 drawl speech: other present Kofi's classmate y'all property vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 talk in a quote present you vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: 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.
Sentence 2: ("Y'all" means you all, from the southern US.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj nmod:unmarked punct case det amod obl punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Y'all PROPN " PUNCT means VERB you PRON all DET , PUNCT from ADP the DET southern ADJ US PROPN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Y'all punct 3 Y'all Y'all PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Y'all punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 means obj 7 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 you nmod:unmarked 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 US punct 9 from from ADP _ 12 US case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 US det 11 southern southern ADJ Degree=Pos 12 US amod 12 US US PROPN Number=Sing 5 means obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Y'all you from the southern US vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic
Sentence 3: What's she saying?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX she PRON saying VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 saying obj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 saying aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 saying nsubj 4 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 saying punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · progressive Y'all vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Only American accents are okay
advmod amod nsubj cop root Only ADV American ADJ accents NOUN are AUX okay ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 3 accents advmod 2 American American ADJ Degree=Pos 3 accents amod 3 accents accent NOUN Number=Plur 5 okay nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 okay cop 5 okay okay ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present American accents okay property tree rules
Option 2 Kofi should drop his own accent and copy the way she talks instead
nsubj aux nmod:poss amod obj cc conj det obj nsubj acl:relcl advmod root Kofi PROPN should AUX drop VERB his PRON own ADJ accent NOUN and CCONJ copy VERB the DET way NOUN she PRON talks VERB instead ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kofi Kofi PROPN Number=Sing 3 drop nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 drop aux 3 drop drop VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 accent nmod:poss 5 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 6 accent amod 6 accent accent NOUN Number=Sing 3 drop obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 copy cc 8 copy copy VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 drop conj 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 way det 10 way way NOUN Number=Sing 8 copy obj 11 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 talks nsubj 12 talks talk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 way acl:relcl 13 instead instead ADV _ 12 talks advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 drop should Kofi Kofi's own accent vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accent=Theme 2 copy infinitive Kofi not said here the way vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme 3 talk present she the way not said here instead property vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent way=Patient 4 accent Kofi nom accent «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Every accent is fine, including Kofi's
det nsubj cop punct case conj case root Every DET accent NOUN is AUX fine ADJ , PUNCT including ADP Kofi PROPN 's PART The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Every every DET PronType=Tot 2 accent det 2 accent accent NOUN Number=Sing 4 fine nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 fine cop 4 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 Kofi punct 6 including including ADP _ 7 Kofi case 7 Kofi Kofi PROPN Number=Sing 4 fine conj 8 's 's PART _ 7 Kofi case
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present every accent fine property tree rules
Option 4 Accents are something to be fixed
nsubj cop mark aux:pass acl root Accents NOUN are AUX something PRON to PART be AUX fixed VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Accents accent NOUN Number=Plur 3 something nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 something cop 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 4 to to PART _ 6 fixed mark 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 fixed aux:pass 6 fixed fix VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 something acl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Accents something tree rules 2 fix to-infinitive · passive vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»
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