Test 5 · ★★ · When nobody sits with you: making friends again Kian's coach from Manchester says, "You looked like a right lemon out there, but they'll pass when they know you." ("Like a lemon" means looking silly.) What's the point?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: coach, You, they, lemon, point · What happens: say, look, pass, know, mean, be · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When nobody sits with you: making friends again» 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: Kian's coach from Manchester says, "You looked like a right lemon out there, but they'll pass when they know you."
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct punct nsubj ccomp case det amod obl advmod advmod punct cc nsubj aux ccomp advmod nsubj advcl obj punct punct root Kian PROPN 's PART coach NOUN from ADP Manchester PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT You PRON looked VERB like ADP a DET right ADJ lemon NOUN out ADV there ADV , PUNCT but CCONJ they PRON 'll AUX pass VERB when ADV they PRON know VERB you PRON . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kian Kian PROPN Number=Sing 3 coach nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Kian case 3 coach coach NOUN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 4 from from ADP _ 5 Manchester case 5 Manchester Manchester PROPN Number=Sing 3 coach nmod 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 looked punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 10 looked punct 9 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 looked nsubj 10 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 says ccomp 11 like like ADP _ 14 lemon case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 lemon det 13 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 14 lemon amod 14 lemon lemon NOUN Number=Sing 10 looked obl 15 out out ADV _ 16 there advmod 16 there there ADV PronType=Dem 10 looked advmod 17 , , PUNCT _ 21 pass punct 18 but but CCONJ _ 21 pass cc 19 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 21 pass nsubj 20 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 21 pass aux 21 pass pass VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 says ccomp 22 when when ADV PronType=Int 24 know advmod 23 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 24 know nsubj 24 know know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 21 pass advcl 25 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 24 know obj 26 . . PUNCT _ 21 pass punct 27 " " PUNCT _ 21 pass punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Kian's coach from Manchester vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 look in a quote past You there like a right lemon vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 3 pass in a quote future they vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 know in a quote present they you vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
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: ("Like a lemon" means looking silly.)
punct punct discourse det nsubj punct xcomp xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Like ADP a DET lemon NOUN " PUNCT means VERB looking VERB silly ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 7 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 5 lemon punct 3 Like like ADP _ 5 lemon discourse 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 lemon det 5 lemon lemon NOUN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 lemon punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 looking look VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 means xcomp 9 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos 8 looking xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present a lemon vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 look not said to happen gerund a lemon not said here silly property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Sentence 3: What's the point?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET point 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 point det 4 point point 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 point tree rules
The options Option 1 Kian should stop passing the ball to them either, to get them back
nsubj aux xcomp det obj case obl advmod punct mark conj obj advmod root Kian PROPN should AUX stop VERB passing VERB the DET ball NOUN to ADP them PRON either ADV , PUNCT to PART get VERB them PRON back ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kian Kian PROPN Number=Sing 3 stop nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 stop aux 3 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 passing pass VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 stop xcomp 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 ball det 6 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 4 passing obj 7 to to ADP _ 8 them case 8 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 passing obl 9 either either ADV PronType=Ind 3 stop advmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 get punct 11 to to PART _ 12 get mark 12 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 stop conj 13 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 get obj 14 back back ADV _ 12 get advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop should Kian either property vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 pass gerund Kian not said here the ball them = they vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ball=Theme to they=Recipient 3 get back to-infinitive Kian not said here them = they vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
Option 2 Kian should quit because he looks silly
nsubj aux mark nsubj advcl xcomp root Kian PROPN should AUX quit VERB because SCONJ he PRON looks VERB silly ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kian Kian PROPN Number=Sing 3 quit nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 quit aux 3 quit quit VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 because because SCONJ _ 6 looks mark 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 looks nsubj 6 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 quit advcl 7 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos 6 looks xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 quit should Kian vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 look present Kian silly property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer New players need time before the team trusts them
amod nsubj obj mark det nsubj advcl obj root New ADJ players NOUN need VERB time NOUN before SCONJ the DET team NOUN trusts VERB them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 New new ADJ Degree=Pos 2 players amod 2 players player NOUN Number=Plur 3 need nsubj 3 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 time time NOUN Number=Sing 3 need obj 5 before before SCONJ _ 8 trusts mark 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 team det 7 team team NOUN Number=Sing 8 trusts nsubj 8 trusts trust VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 need advcl 9 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 trusts obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need present New players time vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot 2 trust present the team players = player vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
Option 4 Lemons are bad at football
nsubj cop case obl root Lemons NOUN are AUX bad ADJ at ADP football NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lemons lemon NOUN Number=Plur 3 bad nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 bad cop 3 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 at at ADP _ 5 football case 5 football football NOUN Number=Sing 3 bad obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Lemons football bad property tree rules
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