Test 1 · ★ · Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up Ethan's mate says, "they're just bantering, man, take a joke." ("Banter" means friendly teasing.) What's the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, they, Banter, best answer · What happens: say, banter, take, mean, be · To what, where: man, joke, friendly teasing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 19 «Picked on: freeze-outs, robberies and standing up» 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 mate says, "they're just bantering, man, take a joke."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nsubj aux advmod ccomp punct obj punct ccomp det obj punct punct root Ethan PROPN 's PART mate NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT they PRON 're AUX just ADV bantering VERB , PUNCT man NOUN , PUNCT take VERB a DET joke NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ethan Ethan PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ethan case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 10 bantering punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 10 bantering punct 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 bantering nsubj 8 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 bantering aux 9 just just ADV _ 10 bantering advmod 10 bantering banter VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 says ccomp 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 man punct 12 man man NOUN Number=Sing 10 bantering obj 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 take punct 14 take take VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 says ccomp 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 joke det 16 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 14 take obj 17 . . PUNCT _ 14 take punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 14 take punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Ethan's mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 banter in a quote present · progressive they man tree rules 3 take in a quote infinitive a joke vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=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: ("Banter" means friendly teasing.)
punct punct nsubj punct amod obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Banter NOUN " PUNCT means VERB friendly ADJ teasing NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Banter punct 3 Banter banter NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Banter punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 friendly friendly ADJ Degree=Pos 7 teasing amod 7 teasing teasing 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 Banter friendly teasing vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teasing=Topic
Sentence 3: What's the best answer?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET best ADJ answer 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 5 answer det 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 5 answer amod 5 answer answer 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 answer tree rules
The options Option 1 He's right, all teasing is friendly banter
nsubj cop punct det nsubj cop amod conj root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT all DET teasing NOUN is AUX friendly ADJ banter NOUN 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 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 _ 9 banter punct 5 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 teasing det 6 teasing teasing NOUN Number=Sing 9 banter nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 banter cop 8 friendly friendly ADJ Degree=Pos 9 banter amod 9 banter banter NOUN Number=Sing 3 right conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 is a present all teasing friendly banter tree rules
Option 2 It only counts if a teacher hears it
nsubj advmod mark det nsubj advcl obj root It PRON only ADV counts VERB if SCONJ a DET teacher NOUN hears VERB it 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 3 counts nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 3 counts advmod 3 counts count VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 if if SCONJ _ 7 hears mark 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 teacher det 6 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 7 hears nsubj 7 hears hear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 counts advcl 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 hears obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 count present It vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus 2 hear a condition, not said to happen present a teacher it vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
Option 3 Ethan should laugh along to make it a joke
nsubj aux advmod mark advcl obj det obj root Ethan PROPN should AUX laugh VERB along ADV to PART make VERB it PRON a DET joke NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ethan Ethan PROPN Number=Sing 3 laugh nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 laugh aux 3 laugh laugh VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 along along ADV _ 3 laugh advmod 5 to to PART _ 6 make mark 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 laugh advcl 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 make obj 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 joke det 9 joke joke NOUN Number=Sing 6 make obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh should Ethan along property vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 make to-infinitive Ethan not said here it vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary joke=Product
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer It's not banter if only one side is laughing
nsubj cop advmod mark advmod nummod nsubj aux advcl root It PRON 's AUX not PART banter NOUN if SCONJ only ADV one NUM side NOUN is AUX laughing VERB 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 4 banter nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 banter cop 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 banter advmod 4 banter banter NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 if if SCONJ _ 10 laughing mark 6 only only ADV _ 7 one advmod 7 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 side nummod 8 side side NOUN Number=Sing 10 laughing nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 laughing aux 10 laughing laugh VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 banter advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is a present It banter tree rules 2 laugh a condition, not said to happen present · progressive one side vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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