Test 5 · Left out: the party, the new school, the third wheel Sam's mate says, "we went to Majorca, it was bussin'." ("Bussin'" means really good.) Sam wants to lie. What's the better move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, we, Bussin, Sam, better move · What happens: say, go, be, mean, want, lie · To what, where: Majorca · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: Sam's mate says, "we went to Majorca, it was bussin'."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nsubj ccomp case obl punct nsubj cop ccomp punct punct punct root Sam PROPN 's PART mate NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT we PRON went VERB to ADP Majorca PROPN , PUNCT it PRON was AUX bussin ADJ ' PUNCT . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Sam 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 _ 8 went punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 went punct 7 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 went nsubj 8 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 says ccomp 9 to to ADP _ 10 Majorca case 10 Majorca Majorca PROPN Number=Sing 8 went obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 bussin punct 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 bussin nsubj 13 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 14 bussin cop 14 bussin bussin ADJ Degree=Pos 4 says ccomp 15 ' ' PUNCT _ 14 bussin punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Sam's mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 go in a quote past we Majorca vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to majorca=Initial_Location 3 is in a quote past mate bussin property tree rules
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: ("Bussin'" means really good.)
punct punct nsubj punct punct advmod xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Bussin PROPN ' PUNCT " PUNCT means VERB really ADV good ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bussin punct 3 Bussin Bussin PROPN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 4 ' ' PUNCT _ 3 Bussin punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bussin punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 really really ADV _ 8 good advmod 8 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 6 means xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Bussin good property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Sam wants to lie.
nsubj mark xcomp punct root Sam PROPN wants VERB to PART lie VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 2 wants nsubj 2 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 lie mark 4 lie lie VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 wants xcomp 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 wants punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want present Sam vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 lie not said to happen to-infinitive Sam not said here vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: What's the better move?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET better ADJ move 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 move det 4 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 move amod 5 move move 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 better move tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Tell the truth about his staycation at home
det obj case nmod:poss obl case obl root Tell VERB the DET truth NOUN about ADP his PRON staycation NOUN at ADP home NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 truth det 3 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 4 about about ADP _ 6 staycation case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 staycation nmod:poss 6 staycation staycation NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obl 7 at at ADP _ 8 home case 8 home home NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here the truth home about his staycation vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient about staycation=Topic
Option 2 Say he went somewhere even more expensive
nsubj ccomp advmod advmod advmod xcomp root Say VERB he PRON went VERB somewhere ADV even ADV more ADV expensive ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 went nsubj 3 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Say ccomp 4 somewhere somewhere ADV PronType=Ind 3 went advmod 5 even even ADV _ 6 more advmod 6 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 7 expensive advmod 7 expensive expensive ADJ Degree=Pos 3 went xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 go past he expensive, somewhere property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 Stay quiet and avoid him all September
xcomp cc conj obj det obj root Stay VERB quiet ADJ and CCONJ avoid VERB him PRON all DET September PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stay stay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Stay xcomp 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 avoid cc 4 avoid avoid VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Stay conj 5 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 avoid obj 6 all all DET PronType=Tot 7 September det 7 September September PROPN Number=Sing 4 avoid obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay imperative you not said here quiet property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 avoid infinitive you not said here him = he september vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent he=Location
Option 4 Make fun of Majorca so he feels better
obj case nmod advmod nsubj advcl xcomp root Make VERB fun NOUN of ADP Majorca PROPN so ADV he PRON feels VERB better ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 fun fun NOUN Number=Sing 1 Make obj 3 of of ADP _ 4 Majorca case 4 Majorca Majorca PROPN Number=Sing 2 fun nmod 5 so so ADV _ 7 feels advmod 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 feels nsubj 7 feels feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Make advcl 8 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 feels xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make imperative you not said here fun of Majorca vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product 2 feel present Majorca good property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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