Test 9 · ★★★ · Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and bei… Isla's teacher in Yorkshire says, "You're away with the fairies again, love." ("Away with the fairies" means daydreaming.) What is the helpful trick?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, You, helpful trick · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: daydreaming · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 27 «Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and being sure but wrong» 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: Isla's teacher in Yorkshire says, "You're away with the fairies again, love."
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct punct nsubj cop ccomp case det obl advmod punct vocative punct punct root Isla PROPN 's PART teacher NOUN in ADP Yorkshire PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT You PRON 're AUX away ADV with ADP the DET fairies NOUN again ADV , PUNCT love NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Isla Isla PROPN Number=Sing 3 teacher nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Isla case 3 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 4 in in ADP _ 5 Yorkshire case 5 Yorkshire Yorkshire PROPN Number=Sing 3 teacher nmod 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 away punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 11 away punct 9 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 away nsubj 10 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 away cop 11 away away ADV _ 6 says ccomp 12 with with ADP _ 14 fairies case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 fairies det 14 fairies fairy NOUN Number=Plur 11 away obl 15 again again ADV _ 11 away advmod 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 love punct 17 love love NOUN Number=Sing 11 away vocative 18 . . PUNCT _ 6 says punct 19 " " PUNCT _ 6 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Isla's teacher in Yorkshire vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present You again with the fairies; love vocative ; away 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: ("Away with the fairies" means daydreaming.)
punct punct nsubj case det obl punct obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Away ADV with ADP the DET fairies NOUN " PUNCT means VERB daydreaming NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 Away punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Away punct 3 Away away ADV _ 8 means nsubj 4 with with ADP _ 6 fairies case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 fairies det 6 fairies fairy NOUN Number=Plur 3 Away obl 7 " " PUNCT _ 3 Away punct 8 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 daydreaming daydreaming NOUN Number=Sing 8 means obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 8 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 8 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present daydreaming vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daydreaming=Topic
Sentence 3: What is the helpful trick?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET helpful ADJ trick NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 trick det 4 helpful helpful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 trick amod 5 trick trick NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the helpful trick tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Never daydreaming again, even at home
advmod advmod punct advmod case obl root Never ADV daydreaming VERB again ADV , PUNCT even ADV at ADP home NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Never never ADV PronType=Neg 2 daydreaming advmod 2 daydreaming daydream VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 3 again again ADV _ 2 daydreaming advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 home punct 5 even even ADV _ 7 home advmod 6 at at ADP _ 7 home case 7 home home NOUN Number=Sing 2 daydreaming obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not daydream gerund home again vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Writing instructions down and sitting near the front
obj advmod cc conj case det obl root Writing VERB instructions NOUN down ADV and CCONJ sitting VERB near ADP the DET front NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Writing write VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 instructions instruction NOUN Number=Plur 1 Writing obj 3 down down ADV _ 1 Writing advmod 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 sitting cc 5 sitting sit VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Writing conj 6 near near ADP _ 8 front case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 front det 8 front front NOUN Number=Sing 5 sitting obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write down gerund instructions down property vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme 2 sit gerund the front vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near front=Location
Option 3 Pinching herself hard whenever she starts thinking about singing
csubj obj advmod advmod nsubj xcomp mark advcl root Pinching VERB herself PRON hard ADV whenever ADV she PRON starts VERB thinking VERB about SCONJ singing VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pinching pinch VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 starts csubj 2 herself herself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 1 Pinching obj 3 hard hard ADV Degree=Pos 1 Pinching advmod 4 whenever whenever ADV PronType=Rel 6 starts advmod 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 starts nsubj 6 starts start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 thinking think VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 starts xcomp 8 about about SCONJ _ 9 singing mark 9 singing sing VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 thinking advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pinch gerund herself = she hard property vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme 2 start present she whenever property vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 3 think speech: other gerund she not said here vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 sing speech: express gerund she not said here vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Asking a friend to do the work for her
det obj mark xcomp det obj case obl root Asking VERB a DET friend NOUN to PART do VERB the DET work NOUN for ADP her PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Asking ask VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 friend det 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 1 Asking obj 4 to to PART _ 5 do mark 5 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Asking xcomp 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 work det 7 work work NOUN Number=Sing 5 do obj 8 for for ADP _ 9 her case 9 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 do obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask gerund a friend vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic 2 do not said to happen to-infinitive the work for friend vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality
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