Test 5 · ★★ · Fights, racism and being a bystander Ruby's coach in Ireland says, "Ah, she just went off on her, the eejit." ("Went off on" means got very angry at; "eejit" means fool.) What should Ruby have done first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: coach, eejit, Ruby · What happens: say, go off, mean, get, do · To what, where: eejit, fool · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Fights, racism and being a bystander» 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: Ruby's coach in Ireland says, "Ah, she just went off on her, the eejit."
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct punct discourse punct nsubj advmod conj compound:prt case obl punct det obl punct punct root Ruby PROPN 's PART coach NOUN in ADP Ireland PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Ah INTJ , PUNCT she PRON just ADV went VERB off ADP on ADP her PRON , PUNCT the DET eejit NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN Number=Sing 3 coach nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ruby case 3 coach coach NOUN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 4 in in ADP _ 5 Ireland case 5 Ireland Ireland PROPN Number=Sing 3 coach nmod 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 6 says punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 13 went punct 9 Ah ah INTJ _ 13 went discourse 10 , , PUNCT _ 9 Ah punct 11 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 went nsubj 12 just just ADV _ 13 went advmod 13 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 says conj 14 off off ADP _ 13 went compound:prt 15 on on ADP _ 16 her case 16 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 went obl 17 , , PUNCT _ 19 eejit punct 18 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 19 eejit det 19 eejit eejit NOUN Number=Sing 13 went obl 20 . . PUNCT _ 6 says punct 21 " " PUNCT _ 6 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Ruby's coach in Ireland vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 go off in a quote past coach the eejit on Ireland vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on she=Location
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: ("Went off on" means got very angry at; "eejit" means fool.)
punct punct nsubj compound:prt obl punct ccomp advmod xcomp obl punct punct nsubj punct parataxis obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Went VERB off ADP on ADP " PUNCT means VERB got VERB very ADV angry ADJ at ADP ; PUNCT " PUNCT eejit NOUN " PUNCT means VERB fool NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 Went punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Went punct 3 Went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 means nsubj 4 off off ADP _ 3 Went compound:prt 5 on on ADP _ 3 Went obl 6 " " PUNCT _ 3 Went punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 got get VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 7 means ccomp 9 very very ADV _ 10 angry advmod 10 angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos 8 got xcomp 11 at at ADP _ 10 angry obl 12 ; ; PUNCT _ 16 means punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 14 eejit punct 14 eejit eejit NOUN Number=Sing 16 means nsubj 15 " " PUNCT _ 14 eejit punct 16 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 means parataxis 17 fool fool NOUN Number=Sing 16 means obj 18 . . PUNCT _ 16 means punct 19 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go off in a quote past vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 get participle angry property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 4 mean present eejit fool vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fool=Topic
Sentence 3: What should Ruby have done first?
obj aux nsubj aux advmod punct root What PRON should AUX Ruby PROPN have AUX done VERB first ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 done obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 done aux 3 Ruby Ruby PROPN Number=Sing 5 done nsubj 4 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 done aux 5 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 6 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 5 done advmod 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 done punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should · perfect Ruby first property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Screamed even louder to be heard
advmod advmod mark aux:pass advcl root Screamed VERB even ADV louder ADJ to PART be AUX heard VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Screamed scream VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 2 even even ADV _ 3 louder advmod 3 louder loud ADJ Degree=Cmp 1 Screamed advmod 4 to to PART _ 6 heard mark 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 heard aux:pass 6 heard hear VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Screamed advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 scream speech: express participle vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 hear to-infinitive · passive vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Checked whether it was an accident
mark nsubj cop det advcl root Checked VERB whether SCONJ it PRON was AUX an DET accident NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Checked check VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 2 whether whether SCONJ _ 6 accident mark 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 accident nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 accident cop 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 accident det 6 accident accident NOUN Number=Sing 1 Checked advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 check participle vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is a past it a accident tree rules
Option 3 Walked off the court for good
case det obl case obl root Walked VERB off ADP the DET court NOUN for ADP good ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Walked walk VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 2 off off ADP _ 4 court case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 court det 4 court court NOUN Number=Sing 1 Walked obl 5 for for ADP _ 6 good case 6 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Walked obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 walk off participle the court for good vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Source
Option 4 Knocked her friend over back so it was fair
nmod:poss obj advmod advmod advmod expl cop advcl root Knocked VERB her PRON friend NOUN over ADV back ADV so ADV it PRON was AUX fair ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Knocked knock VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 friend nmod:poss 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 1 Knocked obj 4 over over ADV _ 5 back advmod 5 back back ADV _ 1 Knocked advmod 6 so so ADV _ 9 fair advmod 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 fair expl 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 fair cop 9 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Knocked advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 knock past her friend vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent friend=Patient 2 is past fair property tree rules
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