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Test 9 · ★ · Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets

Holly's mum, from Leeds: "I were going spare, love!" ("Going spare" means frantic with worry.) What helped them afterwards?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, Going · What happens: go, mean, help · To what, where: spare, mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Holly's mum, from Leeds: "I were going spare, love!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holly	Holly	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Holly	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Leeds	punct
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Leeds	case
6	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	conj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 going	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 going	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 going	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 going	aux
11	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 mum	conj
12	spare	spare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 going	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 love	punct
14	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 going	vocative
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	14 love	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 love	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	past · progressive	I					love vocative; spare property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: ("Going spare" means frantic with worry.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Going	punct
3	Going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 means	csubj
4	spare	spare	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Going	obj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Going	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	frantic	frantic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	xcomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 worry	case
9	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 frantic	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	gerund		spare					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spare=Theme
2	mean	present	Going					frantic property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What helped them afterwards?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 helped	nsubj
2	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helped	obj
4	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	2 helped	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past		mum				afterwards property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Saying sorry and agreeing to text where she goes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Saying	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 agreeing	cc
4	agreeing	agree	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Saying	conj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 text	case
6	text	text	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 agreeing	xcomp
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 goes	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 goes	nsubj
9	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 text	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		sorry					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic
2	agree speech: agree	gerund							vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	text not said to happen	infinitive							tree rules
4	go	present	she						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Never going out of the house again, even with friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 going	advmod
2	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	6 house	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 house	det
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 going	obl
7	again	again	ADV	_	2 going	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 friends	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	11 friends	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 friends	case
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go out	gerund		the house			again	with friends	tree rules

Option 3

Arguing about the punishment until Mum finally gave in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Arguing	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 gave	csubj
2	about	about	ADP	_	4 punishment	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 punishment	det
4	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Arguing	obl
5	until	until	ADP	_	6 Mum	case
6	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Arguing	obl
7	finally	finally	ADV	_	8 gave	advmod
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	8 gave	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	gerund					until Mum	about the punishment	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about punishment=Topic
2	give in	past	Arguing					finally property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Promising to lie better and get home earlier next time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Promising	promise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 lie	mark
3	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Promising	xcomp
4	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 lie	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 get	cc
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lie	conj
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 get	advmod
8	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 get	advmod
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	gerund							vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lie not said to happen	to-infinitive						well property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get	infinitive					time	early, home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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