Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★
A Kiwi mate says, "Yeah nah, I'm sweet as, just a bit gutted about Nan," while Nan is in hospital. ("Sweet as" means fine; "gutted" means very sad.) Which part shows the real feeling?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kiwi mate, Nan, part · What happens: say, be, gut, mean, show · To what, where: bit, hospital, real feeling · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: thinking traps and what helps first ★★★» 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 Kiwi mate says, "Yeah nah, I'm sweet as, just a bit gutted about Nan," while Nan is in hospital.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 mate | det |
| 2 | Kiwi | Kiwi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | compound |
| 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 | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 nah | punct |
| 7 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 nah | discourse |
| 8 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 12 sweet | discourse |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 nah | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 sweet | nsubj |
| 11 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 sweet | cop |
| 12 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 sweet | fixed |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 bit | punct |
| 15 | just | just | ADV | _ | 17 bit | advmod |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 bit | det |
| 17 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 18 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 bit | acl |
| 19 | about | about | ADP | _ | 20 Nan | case |
| 20 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 gutted | obl:agent |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 bit | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 bit | punct |
| 23 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 27 hospital | mark |
| 24 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 hospital | nsubj |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 hospital | cop |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 hospital | case |
| 27 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a Kiwi mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | a Kiwi mate = mate | sweet property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | gut in a quote | participle | a bit not said here | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is | present | Nan | hospital | 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: ("Sweet as" means fine; "gutted" means very sad.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sweet | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sweet | punct |
| 3 | Sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 means | mark |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 as | punct |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 Sweet | advcl |
| 7 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 means | xcomp |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 means | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 gutted | punct |
| 10 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 means | nsubj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 gutted | punct |
| 12 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 means | parataxis |
| 13 | very | very | ADV | _ | 14 sad | advmod |
| 14 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 means | xcomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sweet | punct |
| 16 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sweet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | fine property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | gut in a quote | participle | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | mean | present | sad property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: Which part shows the real feeling?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 part | det |
| 2 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 feeling | det |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 feeling | amod |
| 6 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | which part | the real feeling | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
"gutted about Nan"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 gutted | punct |
| 2 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 Nan | case |
| 4 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 gutted | obl |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 gutted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gut in a quote | participle | about Nan | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
"just a bit"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 bit | punct |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 bit | advmod |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bit | det |
| 4 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 bit | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
"I'm sweet as"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 sweet | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 sweet | nsubj |
| 3 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sweet | cop |
| 4 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 sweet | fixed |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 sweet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | I | sweet property | tree rules |
Option 4
"Yeah nah"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 nah | punct |
| 2 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 nah | discourse |
| 3 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 nah | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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