Test 6 · ★★ · The mind at night: replays, worst-case thinking and nightm…
Ellie's mate from Dublin says, "Ah, sure nobody even noticed, you're grand." ("Grand" means fine.) What's the effect called that Ellie felt?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, nobody, you, Grand, effect, Ellie · What happens: say, notice, be, mean, call, feel · To what, where: effect · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 26 «The mind at night: replays, worst-case thinking and nightmares» 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: Ellie's mate from Dublin says, "Ah, sure nobody even noticed, you're grand."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ellie | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Dublin | case |
| 5 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 sure | punct |
| 9 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 11 sure | discourse |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Ah | punct |
| 11 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 says | ccomp |
| 12 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 14 noticed | nsubj |
| 13 | even | even | ADV | _ | 14 noticed | advmod |
| 14 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 sure | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 grand | punct |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 grand | nsubj |
| 17 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 grand | cop |
| 18 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sure | parataxis |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 sure | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 sure | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ellie's mate from Dublin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | notice in a quote | past | nobody | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | you | grand 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: ("Grand" means fine.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Grand | punct |
| 3 | Grand | Grand | PROPN | _ | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Grand | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | xcomp |
| 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 | Grand | fine property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: What's the effect called that Ellie felt?
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 effect | det |
| 4 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 effect | acl |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 felt | mark |
| 7 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 felt | nsubj |
| 8 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 called | advcl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the effect | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | call | participle | the effect not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | feel | past | Ellie | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The Irish luck effect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 effect | det |
| 2 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 effect | amod |
| 3 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 effect | compound |
| 4 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The law of the mirror
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 law | det |
| 2 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 mirror | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mirror | det |
| 5 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 law | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The red-eye trick of tears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 trick | det |
| 2 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 trick | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 red | punct |
| 4 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trick | compound |
| 5 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 tears | case |
| 7 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 trick | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | tears | nom trick «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The spotlight effect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 effect | det |
| 2 | spotlight | spotlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 effect | compound |
| 3 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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