Test 6 · ★★★ · Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back Jack's mate says, "your dad needed help? that's sus." ("Sus" means suspicious, dodgy.) What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, dad, that, Sus, truth · What happens: say, need, be, mean · To what, where: help · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back» 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: Jack's mate says, "your dad needed help? that's sus."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nmod:poss nsubj ccomp obj punct nsubj cop ccomp punct punct root Jack PROPN 's PART mate NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT your PRON dad NOUN needed VERB help NOUN ? PUNCT that PRON 's AUX sus ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jack Jack PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Jack case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 needed punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 needed punct 7 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 dad nmod:poss 8 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 9 needed nsubj 9 needed need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 says ccomp 10 help help NOUN Number=Sing 9 needed obj 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 14 sus punct 12 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 14 sus nsubj 13 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 sus cop 14 sus suspect ADJ Degree=Pos 4 says ccomp 15 . . PUNCT _ 14 sus punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 14 sus punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: ask present Jack's mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 need in a quote past your dad help vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme 3 is in a quote present that suspect 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: ("Sus" means suspicious, dodgy.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct conj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Sus NOUN " PUNCT means VERB suspicious ADJ , PUNCT dodgy ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Sus punct 3 Sus sus NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Sus punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 suspicious suspicious ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 dodgy punct 8 dodgy dodgy ADJ Degree=Pos 6 suspicious conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Sus suspicious property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET truth 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 truth det 4 truth truth 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 truth tree rules
The options Option 1 Getting help is something a dad should always keep hidden
csubj obj cop det nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl xcomp root Getting VERB help NOUN is AUX something PRON a DET dad NOUN should AUX always ADV keep VERB hidden VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Getting get VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 something csubj 2 help help NOUN Number=Sing 1 Getting obj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 something cop 4 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 dad det 6 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 9 keep nsubj 7 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 keep aux 8 always always ADV PronType=Tot 9 keep advmod 9 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 something acl:relcl 10 hidden hide VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 keep xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get gerund help vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus 2 is a present Getting something tree rules 3 keep should a dad always property tree rules 4 hide participle a dad not said here vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Dads should hide hard times forever
nsubj aux amod obl:unmarked advmod root Dads NOUN should AUX hide VERB hard ADJ times NOUN forever ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dads dad NOUN Number=Plur 3 hide nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 hide aux 3 hide hide VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 5 times amod 5 times time NOUN Number=Plur 3 hide obl:unmarked 6 forever forever ADV _ 3 hide advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hide should Dads time forever property vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Needing help means you are weak
csubj obj nsubj cop ccomp root Needing VERB help NOUN means VERB you PRON are AUX weak ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Needing need VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 means csubj 2 help help NOUN Number=Sing 1 Needing obj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 weak nsubj 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 weak cop 6 weak weak ADJ Degree=Pos 3 means ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need gerund help vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme 2 mean present Needing vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 3 is present you weak property tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Even strong people need help sometimes
advmod amod nsubj obj advmod root Even ADV strong ADJ people NOUN need VERB help NOUN sometimes ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Even even ADV _ 2 strong advmod 2 strong strong ADJ Degree=Pos 3 people amod 3 people people NOUN Number=Plur 4 need nsubj 4 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 help help NOUN Number=Sing 4 need obj 6 sometimes sometimes ADV PronType=Ind 4 need advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need present strong people help sometimes property vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme
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