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Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★

A grandad from Newcastle says, "Aye, it's a bit of a pickle, pet," after a flood ruined the whole downstairs. How big is the problem really?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad, it, flood · What happens: say, be, ruin · To what, where: bit, whole, big problem · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 31 «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» 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: A grandad from Newcastle says, "Aye, it's a bit of a pickle, pet," after a flood ruined the whole downstairs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 grandad	det
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Newcastle	case
4	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 grandad	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 bit	punct
8	Aye	aye	INTJ	_	13 bit	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Aye	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bit	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 bit	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bit	det
13	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 pickle	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pickle	det
16	pickle	pickle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bit	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 pet	punct
18	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bit	vocative
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bit	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 bit	punct
21	after	after	SCONJ	_	24 ruined	mark
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 flood	det
23	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 ruined	nsubj
24	ruined	ruin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 says	advcl
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 whole	det
26	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 ruined	obj
27	downstairs	downstairs	ADV	_	24 ruined	advmod
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a grandad from Newcastle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	it	a bit				of a pickle; pet vocative	tree rules
3	ruin	past	a flood	the whole				downstairs property	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whole=Patient

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: How big is the problem really?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 big	advmod
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 problem	amod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 problem	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 problem	det
5	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	really	really	ADV	_	5 problem	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 problem	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the big problem					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing at all, he is talking about food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 all	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Nothing	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 talking	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 talking	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 talking	aux
7	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Nothing	conj
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 food	case
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 talking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present · progressive	he					about food	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about food=Topic

Option 2

Tiny, because a pickle is a small thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thing	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 thing	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pickle	det
5	pickle	pickle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thing	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 thing	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a pickle	a Tiny small thing					tree rules

Option 3

Exactly as small as "a bit" makes it sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	_	3 small	advmod
2	as	as	ADV	_	3 small	advmod
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 makes	mark
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 bit	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bit	det
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 makes	nsubj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 bit	punct
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sound	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 makes	obj
11	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 small	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	a bit	it					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
2	sound	infinitive							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Very big, said gently to keep everyone calm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 big	advmod
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 big	punct
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 big	acl
5	gently	gently	ADV	_	4 said	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	advcl
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 keep	obj
9	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past						gently property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	keep	to-infinitive		everyone				calm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme

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