Test 10 · Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel Ruby's nan from Scotland says, "Dinnae sit greetin' on yer own, hen, join a club." ("Dinnae" means don't; "greetin'" means crying; "hen" is a kind word for a girl.) What's the advice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan, Dinnae, greetin, hen, advice · What happens: say, sit, join, mean, not do, cry · To what, where: greetin, own, club, kind word · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 21 «Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel» 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 nan from Scotland says, "Dinnae sit greetin' on yer own, hen, join a club."
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct punct dep ccomp obj punct case nmod:poss obl punct obl punct conj det obj punct punct root Ruby PROPN 's PART nan NOUN from ADP Scotland PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Dinnae X sit VERB greetin NOUN ' PUNCT on ADP yer PRON own ADJ , PUNCT hen NOUN , PUNCT join VERB a DET club NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN Number=Sing 3 nan nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ruby case 3 nan nan NOUN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 4 from from ADP _ 5 Scotland case 5 Scotland Scotland PROPN Number=Sing 3 nan nmod 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 sit punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 10 sit punct 9 Dinnae Dinnae X Foreign=Yes 10 sit dep 10 sit sit VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 says ccomp 11 greetin greetin NOUN Number=Sing 10 sit obj 12 ' ' PUNCT _ 11 greetin punct 13 on on ADP _ 15 own case 14 yer yer PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 15 own nmod:poss 15 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 10 sit obl 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 hen punct 17 hen hen NOUN Number=Sing 10 sit obl 18 , , PUNCT _ 19 join punct 19 join join VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 10 sit conj 20 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 21 club det 21 club club NOUN Number=Sing 19 join obj 22 . . PUNCT _ 6 says punct 23 " " PUNCT _ 6 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Ruby's nan from Scotland vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 sit in a quote infinitive greetin yer's own hen obl vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent greetin=Theme on own=Location 3 join in a quote infinitive a club vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient
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: ("Dinnae" means don't; "greetin'" means crying; "hen" is a kind word for a girl.)
punct punct nsubj punct ccomp advmod punct punct nsubj punct punct parataxis obj punct punct nsubj punct cop det amod conj case det nmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Dinnae PROPN " PUNCT means VERB do VERB n't PART ; PUNCT " PUNCT greetin NOUN ' PUNCT " PUNCT means VERB crying VERB ; PUNCT " PUNCT hen NOUN " PUNCT is AUX a DET kind ADJ word NOUN for ADP a DET girl NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Dinnae punct 3 Dinnae Dinnae PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Dinnae punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 means ccomp 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 do advmod 8 ; ; PUNCT _ 13 means punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 10 greetin punct 10 greetin greetin NOUN Number=Sing 13 means nsubj 11 ' ' PUNCT _ 10 greetin punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 10 greetin punct 13 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 means parataxis 14 crying cry VERB VerbForm=Ger 13 means obj 15 ; ; PUNCT _ 22 word punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 17 hen punct 17 hen hen NOUN Number=Sing 22 word nsubj 18 " " PUNCT _ 17 hen punct 19 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 22 word cop 20 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 22 word det 21 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 22 word amod 22 word word NOUN Number=Sing 13 means conj 23 for for ADP _ 25 girl case 24 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 25 girl det 25 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 22 word nmod 26 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 27 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Dinnae vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not do infinitive vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 mean present greetin vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 4 cry speech: express gerund vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 5 is a present hen a kind word for a girl tree rules
Sentence 3: What's the advice?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET advice 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 4 advice det 4 advice advice NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the advice tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Join a club only if her friend says yes
ccomp det obj advmod mark nmod:poss nsubj ccomp root Join VERB a DET club NOUN only ADV if SCONJ her PRON friend NOUN says VERB yes INTJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Join join VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 says ccomp 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 club det 3 club club NOUN Number=Sing 1 Join obj 4 only only ADV _ 8 says advmod 5 if if SCONJ _ 8 says mark 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 friend nmod:poss 7 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 8 says nsubj 8 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 8 says ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 join infinitive a club vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient 2 say speech: assert present her friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
Option 2 Cry as much as she can to get it out
advmod obj mark nsubj advcl mark advcl obj compound:prt root Cry VERB as ADV much ADJ as SCONJ she PRON can AUX to PART get VERB it PRON out ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cry cry VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 as as ADV _ 3 much advmod 3 much much ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Cry obj 4 as as SCONJ _ 6 can mark 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 can nsubj 6 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 much advcl 7 to to PART _ 8 get mark 8 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Cry advcl 9 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 get obj 10 out out ADP _ 8 get compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cry speech: express imperative you not said here much vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Topic 2 get out to-infinitive you not said here it tree rules
Option 3 Stay on her own until her friend comes back
case nmod:poss obl mark nmod:poss nsubj advcl advmod root Stay VERB on ADP her PRON own ADJ until SCONJ her PRON friend NOUN comes VERB back ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stay stay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 on on ADP _ 4 own case 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 own nmod:poss 4 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Stay obl 5 until until SCONJ _ 8 comes mark 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 friend nmod:poss 7 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 8 comes nsubj 8 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Stay advcl 9 back back ADV _ 8 comes advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay imperative you not said here her own vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Location 2 come back present her friend vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Join a club while her friend is off
det obj mark nmod:poss nsubj cop advcl root Join VERB a DET club NOUN while SCONJ her PRON friend NOUN is AUX off ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Join join VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 club det 3 club club NOUN Number=Sing 1 Join obj 4 while while SCONJ _ 8 off mark 5 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 friend nmod:poss 6 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 8 off nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 off cop 8 off off ADV _ 1 Join advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 join imperative you not said here a club vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Patient 2 is present her friend off property tree rules
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