Test 8 · I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark Noah's cousin from Brisbane says, "Heaps of kids take ages, mate, you'll get it next term." ("Heaps" means lots.) What actually happened?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, Heaps, you · What happens: say, take, get, mean, happen · To what, where: ages, cousin, lots · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 24 «I failed: the missed penalty, the lost race, the bad mark» 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: Noah's cousin from Brisbane says, "Heaps of kids take ages, mate, you'll get it next term."
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct punct nsubj case nmod ccomp obj punct appos punct nsubj aux conj obj amod obl:unmarked punct punct root Noah PROPN 's PART cousin NOUN from ADP Brisbane PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Heaps NOUN of ADP kids NOUN take VERB ages NOUN , PUNCT mate NOUN , PUNCT you PRON 'll AUX get VERB it PRON next ADJ term NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Noah Noah PROPN Number=Sing 3 cousin nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Noah case 3 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 4 from from ADP _ 5 Brisbane case 5 Brisbane Brisbane PROPN Number=Sing 3 cousin nmod 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 take punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 12 take punct 9 Heaps heap NOUN Number=Plur 12 take nsubj 10 of of ADP _ 11 kids case 11 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 9 Heaps nmod 12 take take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 says ccomp 13 ages age NOUN Number=Plur 12 take obj 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 mate punct 15 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 13 ages appos 16 , , PUNCT _ 19 get punct 17 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 19 get nsubj 18 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 19 get aux 19 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 take conj 20 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 get obj 21 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 22 term amod 22 term term NOUN Number=Sing 19 get obl:unmarked 23 . . PUNCT _ 6 says punct 24 " " PUNCT _ 6 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Noah's cousin from Brisbane vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 take in a quote present Heaps of kids ages vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme 3 get in a quote future you cousin next term obl:unmarked vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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: ("Heaps" means lots.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Heaps NOUN " PUNCT means VERB lots NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Heaps punct 3 Heaps heap NOUN Number=Plur 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Heaps punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 lots lot NOUN Number=Plur 5 means obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Heaps lots vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Topic
Sentence 3: What actually happened?
nsubj advmod punct root What PRON actually ADV happened VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 happened nsubj 2 actually actually ADV _ 3 happened advmod 3 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 happened punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen past actually property vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Noah got the badge next term after extra lessons
nsubj det obj amod obl:unmarked case amod obl root Noah PROPN got VERB the DET badge NOUN next ADJ term NOUN after ADP extra ADJ lessons NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Noah Noah PROPN Number=Sing 2 got nsubj 2 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 badge det 4 badge badge NOUN Number=Sing 2 got obj 5 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 6 term amod 6 term term NOUN Number=Sing 2 got obl:unmarked 7 after after ADP _ 9 lessons case 8 extra extra ADJ Degree=Pos 9 lessons amod 9 lessons lesson NOUN Number=Plur 2 got obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past Noah the badge after extra lessons next term obl:unmarked vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer badge=Stimulus
Option 2 Noah gave up swimming completely and never went back to the pool
nsubj compound:prt advcl advmod cc advmod conj advmod case det obl root Noah PROPN gave VERB up ADP swimming VERB completely ADV and CCONJ never ADV went VERB back ADV to ADP the DET pool NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Noah Noah PROPN Number=Sing 2 gave nsubj 2 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 gave compound:prt 4 swimming swim VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 gave advcl 5 completely completely ADV _ 4 swimming advmod 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 went cc 7 never never ADV PronType=Neg 8 went advmod 8 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 gave conj 9 back back ADV _ 8 went advmod 10 to to ADP _ 12 pool case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 pool det 12 pool pool NOUN Number=Sing 8 went obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give up past Noah vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 swim gerund Noah not said here completely property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 not go back past Noah not said here to the pool result vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to pool=Result
Option 3 Noah got the badge the next day
nsubj det obj det amod obl:unmarked root Noah PROPN got VERB the DET badge NOUN the DET next ADJ day NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Noah Noah PROPN Number=Sing 2 got nsubj 2 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 badge det 4 badge badge NOUN Number=Sing 2 got obj 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 day det 6 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 7 day amod 7 day day NOUN Number=Sing 2 got obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past Noah the badge day vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer badge=Stimulus
Option 4 Noah was told he can never swim
nsubj aux:pass nsubj aux advmod ccomp root Noah PROPN was AUX told VERB he PRON can AUX never ADV swim VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Noah Noah PROPN Number=Sing 3 told nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 told aux:pass 3 told tell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 swim nsubj 5 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 swim aux 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 swim advmod 7 swim swim VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 told ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert past · passive Noah vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic 2 not swim can Noah vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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