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Test 11 · ★ · Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too…

Tom's sister says, "no cap, she probably just lost it, ask her." ("No cap" means honestly.) What actually happened when Tom asked?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, cap, Tom · What happens: say, lose, ask, mean, happen · To what, where: cap, sister · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 22 «Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too much» 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: Tom's sister says, "no cap, she probably just lost it, ask her."

nmod:posscasensubjpunctpunctdetobjpunctnsubjadvmodadvmodconjobjpunctparataxisiobjpunctpunctrootTomPROPN'sPARTsisterNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTnoDETcapNOUN,PUNCTshePRONprobablyADVjustADVlostVERBitPRON,PUNCTaskVERBherPRON.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TomTomPROPNNumber=Sing3 sisternmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Tomcase
3sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_8 cappunct
6""PUNCT_8 cappunct
7nonoDETPronType=Neg8 capdet
8capcapNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysobj
9,,PUNCT_13 lostpunct
10sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 lostnsubj
11probablyprobablyADV_13 lostadvmod
12justjustADV_13 lostadvmod
13lostloseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 saysconj
14ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 lostobj
15,,PUNCT_16 askpunct
16askaskVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin4 saysparataxis
17hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 askiobj
18..PUNCT_16 askpunct
19""PUNCT_16 askpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentTom's sisterno captree rules
2lose in a quotepastsistercapprobably propertyvn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3ask speech: ask in a quoteinfinitivesistervn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

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: ("No cap" means honestly.)

punctpunctdetnsubjpunctadvmodpunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTNoDETcapNOUN"PUNCTmeansVERBhonestlyADV.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_6 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_4 cappunct
3NonoDETPronType=Neg4 capdet
4capcapNOUNNumber=Sing6 meansnsubj
5""PUNCT_4 cappunct
6meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7honestlyhonestlyADV_6 meansadvmod
8..PUNCT_6 meanspunct
9))PUNCT_6 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentno caphonestly propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What actually happened when Tom asked?

nsubjadvmodadvmodnsubjadvclpunctrootWhatPRONactuallyADVhappenedVERBwhenADVTomPROPNaskedVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 happenednsubj
2actuallyactuallyADV_3 happenedadvmod
3happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4whenwhenADVPronType=Int6 askedadvmod
5TomTomPROPNNumber=Sing6 askednsubj
6askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 happenedadvcl
7??PUNCT_3 happenedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpastactually propertyvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2ask speech: askpastTomvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

She had invited everyone except boys

nsubj:passauxobjcasenmodrootShePRONhadAUXinvitedVERBeveryonePRONexceptADPboysNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 invitednsubj:pass
2hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 invitedaux
3invitedinviteVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot3 invitedobj
5exceptexceptADP_6 boyscase
6boysboyNOUNNumber=Plur4 everyonenmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1invitepast · perfect · passiveShetree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She laughed at him in front of everybody in the class

nsubjcaseoblcaseoblcasenmodcasedetoblrootShePRONlaughedVERBatADPhimPRONinADPfrontNOUNofADPeverybodyPRONinADPtheDETclassNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 laughednsubj
2laughedlaughVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3atatADP_4 himcase
4himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 laughedobl
5ininADP_6 frontcase
6frontfrontNOUNNumber=Sing2 laughedobl
7ofofADP_8 everybodycase
8everybodyeverybodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot6 frontnmod
9ininADP_11 classcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 classdet
11classclassNOUNNumber=Sing2 laughedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1laughpastSheat him = he; in the class; in front of everybodyvn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=Theme

Option 3

She said she never wanted him there

nsubjnsubjadvmodccompobjadvmodrootShePRONsaidVERBshePRONneverADVwantedVERBhimPRONthereADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 saidnsubj
2saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 wantednsubj
4neverneverADVPronType=Neg5 wantedadvmod
5wantedwantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 saidccomp
6himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 wantedobj
7therethereADVPronType=Dem5 wantedadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastShevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2not wantpastshehim = hetherevn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was a mistake and the invitation had got lost

nsubjcopdetparataxisccdetconjauxxcomprootItPRONwasAUXaDETmistakeNOUNandCCONJtheDETinvitationNOUNhadAUXgotVERBlostVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 mistakensubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 mistakecop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 mistakedet
4mistakemistakeNOUNNumber=Sing9 gotparataxis
5andandCCONJ_7 invitationcc
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 invitationdet
7invitationinvitationNOUNNumber=Sing4 mistakeconj
8hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 gotaux
9gotgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
10lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 gotxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastIta mistake and the invitationtree rules
2getpast · perfectvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3loseparticiplevn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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