Test 6 · ★★ · Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mea… Tom's mum, from Texas, says, "Your daddy's just fixin' to figure out work, darlin'." ("Fixin' to" means about to, trying to.) What does Tom learn?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, Fixin, Tom · What happens: say, figure out, mean, try, learn · To what, where: work · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Reading people in hard times: what's really behind the mean face» 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: Tom's mum, from Texas, says, "Your daddy's just fixin' to figure out work, darlin'."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct case conj punct punct punct nmod:poss nmod:poss case advmod ccomp punct mark acl compound:prt obj punct appos punct punct punct root Tom PROPN 's PART mum NOUN , PUNCT from ADP Texas PROPN , PUNCT says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Your PRON daddy NOUN 's PART just ADV fixin NOUN ' PUNCT to PART figure VERB out ADP work NOUN , PUNCT darlin NOUN ' PUNCT . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Tom case 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 8 says nsubj 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 Texas punct 5 from from ADP _ 6 Texas case 6 Texas Texas PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 3 mum punct 8 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 , , PUNCT _ 8 says punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 15 fixin punct 11 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 daddy nmod:poss 12 daddy daddy NOUN Number=Sing 15 fixin nmod:poss 13 's 's PART _ 12 daddy case 14 just just ADV _ 15 fixin advmod 15 fixin fixin NOUN Number=Sing 8 says ccomp 16 ' ' PUNCT _ 15 fixin punct 17 to to PART _ 18 figure mark 18 figure figure VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 fixin acl 19 out out ADP _ 18 figure compound:prt 20 work work NOUN Number=Sing 18 figure obj 21 , , PUNCT _ 22 darlin punct 22 darlin darlin NOUN Number=Sing 20 work appos 23 ' ' PUNCT _ 22 darlin punct 24 . . PUNCT _ 15 fixin punct 25 " " PUNCT _ 15 fixin punct
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1 say speech: assert present Tom's mum and Texas vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 figure out in a quote to-infinitive Tom's mum and Texas not said here work vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Topic
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: ("Fixin' to" means about to, trying to.)
punct punct nsubj punct flat punct advmod fixed punct conj xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Fixin PROPN ' PUNCT to PART " PUNCT means VERB about ADV to PART , PUNCT trying VERB to PART . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 7 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 3 Fixin Fixin PROPN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 4 ' ' PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 5 to to PART _ 3 Fixin flat 6 " " PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 about about ADV _ 7 means advmod 9 to to PART _ 8 about fixed 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 trying punct 11 trying try VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 means conj 12 to to PART _ 11 trying xcomp 13 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 means punct
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1 mean present Fixin about property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 try gerund Fixin not said here vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 3: What does Tom learn?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX Tom PROPN learn VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 learn obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 learn aux 3 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 4 learn nsubj 4 learn learn VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 learn punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 learn present · do-support Tom vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Tom should fix Dad's work for him
nsubj aux nmod:poss case obj case obl root Tom PROPN should AUX fix VERB Dad PROPN 's PART work NOUN for ADP him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 3 fix nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 fix aux 3 fix fix VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 Dad Dad PROPN Number=Sing 6 work nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 Dad case 6 work work NOUN Number=Sing 3 fix obj 7 for for ADP _ 8 him case 8 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 fix obl
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1 fix should Tom Dad's work for Dad vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent work=Product for he=Beneficiary 2 work Dad nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent
Option 2 Quiet people are always secretly angry inside about something
amod nsubj cop advmod advmod advmod case obl root Quiet ADJ people NOUN are AUX always ADV secretly ADV angry ADJ inside ADV about ADP something PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 2 people amod 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 6 angry nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 angry cop 4 always always ADV PronType=Tot 6 angry advmod 5 secretly secretly ADV _ 6 angry advmod 6 angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 inside inside ADV _ 6 angry advmod 8 about about ADP _ 9 something case 9 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 angry obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Quiet people about something; always, angry, inside, secretly property tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Dad's quiet was about worry, not anger at Tom
nmod:poss case nsubj cop case punct advmod conj case nmod root Dad NOUN 's PART quiet NOUN was AUX about ADP worry NOUN , PUNCT not PART anger NOUN at ADP Tom PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 3 quiet nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Dad case 3 quiet quiet NOUN _ 6 worry nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 worry cop 5 about about ADP _ 6 worry case 6 worry worry NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 anger punct 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 anger advmod 9 anger anger NOUN Number=Sing 6 worry conj 10 at at ADP _ 11 Tom case 11 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 9 anger nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Dad's quiet about worry and anger at Tom tree rules
Option 4 Dad was angry with Tom after all
nsubj cop case obl case obl root Dad NOUN was AUX angry ADJ with ADP Tom PROPN after ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 3 angry nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 angry cop 3 angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 with with ADP _ 5 Tom case 5 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 3 angry obl 6 after after ADP _ 7 all case 7 all all DET PronType=Tot 3 angry obl
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1 is past Dad after all with Tom; angry property tree rules
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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