Test 1 · ★ · Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets Your mate from London goes, "bruv, you bailed on his party for the cinema? that's bare snakey." ("Bailed" means didn't turn up; "bare" means very; a "snake" is a friend who betrays you.) What should Sam do now?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, you, that, bare, snake, friend · What happens: go, bail, be, mean, not turn up, betray · To what, where: bruv, party, friend, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 4 «Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets» 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: Your mate from London goes, "bruv, you bailed on his party for the cinema? that's bare snakey."
nmod:poss nsubj case nmod punct punct obl punct nsubj conj case nmod:poss obl case det obl punct nsubj cop amod parataxis punct punct root Your PRON mate NOUN from ADP London PROPN goes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT bruv NOUN , PUNCT you PRON bailed VERB on ADP his PRON party NOUN for ADP the DET cinema NOUN ? PUNCT that PRON 's AUX bare ADJ snakey ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 5 goes nsubj 3 from from ADP _ 4 London case 4 London London PROPN Number=Sing 2 mate nmod 5 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 bruv punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 8 bruv punct 8 bruv bruv NOUN Number=Sing 5 goes obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 bailed punct 10 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 bailed nsubj 11 bailed bail VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 goes conj 12 on on ADP _ 14 party case 13 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 party nmod:poss 14 party party NOUN Number=Sing 11 bailed obl 15 for for ADP _ 17 cinema case 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 cinema det 17 cinema cinema NOUN Number=Sing 11 bailed obl 18 ? ? PUNCT _ 22 snakey punct 19 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 22 snakey nsubj 20 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 22 snakey cop 21 bare bare ADJ Degree=Pos 22 snakey amod 22 snakey snakey ADJ Degree=Pos 5 goes parataxis 23 . . PUNCT _ 22 snakey punct 24 " " PUNCT _ 5 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Your mate from London bruv vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 bail in a quote past you mate's party for the cinema vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent 3 is in a quote present that snakey 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: ("Bailed" means didn't turn up; "bare" means very; a "snake" is a friend who betrays you.)
punct punct nsubj punct aux advmod ccomp compound:prt punct punct nsubj punct parataxis advmod punct det punct nsubj punct cop det conj nsubj acl:relcl obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Bailed VERB " PUNCT means VERB did AUX n't PART turn VERB up ADP ; PUNCT " PUNCT bare ADJ " PUNCT means VERB very ADV ; PUNCT a DET " PUNCT snake NOUN " PUNCT is AUX a DET friend NOUN who PRON betrays VERB you PRON . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bailed punct 3 Bailed bail VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bailed punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 turn aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 8 turn advmod 8 turn turn VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 means ccomp 9 up up ADP _ 8 turn compound:prt 10 ; ; PUNCT _ 14 means punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 12 bare punct 12 bare bare ADJ Degree=Pos 14 means nsubj 13 " " PUNCT _ 12 bare punct 14 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 means parataxis 15 very very ADV _ 14 means advmod 16 ; ; PUNCT _ 23 friend punct 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 snake det 18 " " PUNCT _ 19 snake punct 19 snake snake NOUN Number=Sing 23 friend nsubj 20 " " PUNCT _ 19 snake punct 21 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 23 friend cop 22 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 23 friend det 23 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 14 means conj 24 who who PRON PronType=Rel 25 betrays nsubj 25 betrays betray VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 23 friend acl:relcl 26 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 25 betrays obj 27 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 28 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 bail in a quote participle vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 not turn up past · do-support vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 mean present bare vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 5 is a present a snake a friend tree rules 6 betray present a friend you tree rules
Sentence 3: What should Sam do now?
obj aux nsubj advmod punct root What PRON should AUX Sam PROPN do VERB now ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 now now ADV PronType=Dem 4 do advmod 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should Sam now vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Tell Jake the party would have been boring anyway
obj det nsubj aux aux cop ccomp advmod root Tell VERB Jake PROPN the DET party NOUN would AUX have AUX been AUX boring ADJ anyway ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 Jake Jake PROPN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 party det 4 party party NOUN Number=Sing 8 boring nsubj 5 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 boring aux 6 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 boring aux 7 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 8 boring cop 8 boring boring ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Tell ccomp 9 anyway anyway ADV _ 8 boring advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here Jake vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent jake=Recipient 2 is would · perfect the party anyway, boring property tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Say sorry face to face without excuses and make time for Jake
amod obj case obl case obl cc conj obj case obl root Say VERB sorry ADJ face NOUN to ADP face NOUN without ADP excuses NOUN and CCONJ make VERB time NOUN for ADP Jake PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 3 face amod 3 face face NOUN Number=Sing 1 Say obj 4 to to ADP _ 5 face case 5 face face NOUN Number=Sing 1 Say obl 6 without without ADP _ 7 excuses case 7 excuses excuse NOUN Number=Plur 1 Say obl 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 make cc 9 make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Say conj 10 time time NOUN Number=Sing 9 make obj 11 for for ADP _ 12 Jake case 12 Jake Jake PROPN Number=Sing 9 make obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here sorry face face without excuses vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent face=Topic to face=Recipient 2 make infinitive you not said here time for Jake vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for jake=Beneficiary
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Stay away from Jake until he forgets the whole thing
advmod case obl mark nsubj advcl det amod obj root Stay VERB away ADV from ADP Jake PROPN until SCONJ he PRON forgets VERB the DET whole ADJ thing NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stay stay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 away away ADV _ 1 Stay advmod 3 from from ADP _ 4 Jake case 4 Jake Jake PROPN Number=Sing 1 Stay obl 5 until until SCONJ _ 7 forgets mark 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 forgets nsubj 7 forgets forget VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Stay advcl 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 thing det 9 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 10 thing amod 10 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 7 forgets obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay away imperative you not said here Jake away property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 forget present Jake the whole thing tree rules
Option 4 Send a quick "soz" and hope it blows over
det amod punct obj punct cc conj nsubj ccomp advmod root Send VERB a DET quick ADJ " PUNCT soz NOUN " PUNCT and CCONJ hope VERB it PRON blows VERB over ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Send send VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 soz det 3 quick quick ADJ Degree=Pos 5 soz amod 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 soz punct 5 soz soz NOUN Number=Sing 1 Send obj 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 soz punct 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 hope cc 8 hope hope VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Send conj 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 blows nsubj 10 blows blow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 hope ccomp 11 over over ADV _ 10 blows advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 send imperative you not said here a quick soz vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soz=Theme 2 hope present you not said here vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 3 blow over present soz over property vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
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