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Test 2 · ★ · Lonely and different: accents, big brothers and being too…

Holly's new mate goes, "Reckon you'll sound like one of us by Christmas, sweet as." ("Sweet as" means great, fine, in Australia and NZ.) What does this show?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new mate, you, this · What happens: go, reckon, sound, mean, show · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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: Holly's new mate goes, "Reckon you'll sound like one of us by Christmas, sweet as."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holly	Holly	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Holly	case
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mate	amod
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	nsubj
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Reckon	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Reckon	punct
8	Reckon	reckon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 goes	xcomp
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 sound	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 sound	aux
11	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 Reckon	ccomp
12	like	like	ADP	_	13 one	case
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 sound	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 us	case
15	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 one	nmod
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 Christmas	case
17	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 sound	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sweet	punct
19	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 Christmas	amod
20	as	as	ADP	_	19 sweet	fixed
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 goes	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Holly's new mate						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	reckon in a quote	infinitive	Holly's new mate not said here						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	sound in a quote	future	you					like one of us; by Christmas	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by christmas=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: ("Sweet as" means great, fine, in Australia and NZ.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 Sweet	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Sweet	punct
3	Sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 means	mark
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 as	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 Sweet	advcl
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fine	punct
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Sweet	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Australia	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 Australia	case
12	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Sweet	advcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 NZ	cc
14	NZ	NZ	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Australia	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 Sweet	punct
16	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 Sweet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						great property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What does this show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	this						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Holly must lose her accent to have friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holly	Holly	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lose	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 lose	aux
3	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 accent	nmod:poss
5	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lose	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 have	mark
7	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lose	advcl
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	must	Holly	Holly's accent					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accent=Eventuality
2	have	to-infinitive	Holly not said here	friends					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient
3	accent		Holly						nom accent «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Australians never like British accents at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Australians	Australian	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 accents	advmod
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 accents	case
4	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 accents	amod
5	accents	accent	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Australians	nmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Australians	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The accent is becoming something friendly, not a problem

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 accent	det
2	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 becoming	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 becoming	aux
4	becoming	become	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 becoming	obj
6	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 problem	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 problem	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 problem	det
10	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 becoming	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present · progressive	the accent	something					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient something=Result

Option 4

The mate is making fun of her every single day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mate	det
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 making	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 making	aux
4	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 making	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 day	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 day	nmod:poss
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 day	amod
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fun	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · progressive	the mate	fun of mate's single day					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product

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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