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Test 9 · ★ · Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back…

Alfie's nan, Black Country: "Ar, it weren't yer fault, bab, 'e should've stopped." ("Bab" means dear.) Is she right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, nan, Bab · What happens: not be, stop, mean, be · To what, where: fault

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 7 «Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back at night» 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: Alfie's nan, Black Country: "Ar, it weren't yer fault, bab, 'e should've stopped."

nmod:posscasensubjpunctcompoundappospunctpunctdiscoursepunctnsubjcopadvmodnmod:possconjpunctconjpunctpunctnsubjauxauxpunctpunctrootAlfiePROPN'sPARTnanNOUN,PUNCTBlackPROPNCountryPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTArINTJ,PUNCTitPRONwereAUXn'tPARTyerPRONfaultNOUN,PUNCTbabNOUN,PUNCT'PUNCTeNOUNshouldAUX'veAUXstoppedVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AlfieAlfiePROPNNumber=Sing3 nannmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Alfiecase
3nannanNOUNNumber=Sing23 stoppednsubj
4,,PUNCT_6 Countrypunct
5BlackBlackPROPNNumber=Sing6 Countrycompound
6CountryCountryPROPNNumber=Sing3 nanappos
7::PUNCT_15 faultpunct
8""PUNCT_15 faultpunct
9ArarINTJ_15 faultdiscourse
10,,PUNCT_15 faultpunct
11ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 faultnsubj
12werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 faultcop
13n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg15 faultadvmod
14yeryerPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 faultnmod:poss
15faultfaultNOUNNumber=Sing3 nanconj
16,,PUNCT_17 babpunct
17babbabNOUNNumber=Sing15 faultconj
18,,PUNCT_22 'vepunct
19''PUNCT_22 'vepunct
20eeNOUNNumber=Sing22 'vensubj
21shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin22 'veaux
22'vehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf23 stoppedaux
23stoppedstopVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
24..PUNCT_23 stoppedpunct
25""PUNCT_23 stoppedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not is a in a quotepastityer's fault and babtree rules
2stop in a quoteinfinitive · perfectAlfie's nan and yer's fault and babvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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: ("Bab" means dear.)

punctpunctnsubjpunctxcomppunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTBabNOUN"PUNCTmeansVERBdearADJ.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_5 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_3 Babpunct
3BabbabNOUNNumber=Sing5 meansnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 Babpunct
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6deardearADJDegree=Pos5 meansxcomp
7..PUNCT_5 meanspunct
8))PUNCT_5 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentBabdear propertyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: Is she right?

copnsubjpunctrootIsAUXshePRONrightADV?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IsbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
2sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
3rightrightADV_rootroot
4??PUNCT_3 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentbabright propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No; Alfie should say sorry to the cyclist

discoursepunctnsubjauxxcompcasedetoblrootNoINTJ;PUNCTAlfiePROPNshouldAUXsayVERBsorryADJtoADPtheDETcyclistNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 saydiscourse
2;;PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3AlfieAlfiePROPNNumber=Sing5 saynsubj
4shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 sayaux
5saysayVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6sorrysorryADJDegree=Pos5 sayxcomp
7totoADP_9 cyclistcase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 cyclistdet
9cyclistcyclistNOUNNumber=Sing6 sorryobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: apologizeshouldAlfiesorry propertyvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, so Alfie should chase him down himself

discoursepunctadvmodnsubjauxobjcompound:prtobl:unmarkedrootYesINTJ,PUNCTsoADVAlfiePROPNshouldAUXchaseVERBhimPRONdownADPhimselfPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos6 chasediscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3sosoADV_6 chaseadvmod
4AlfieAlfiePROPNNumber=Sing6 chasensubj
5shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin6 chaseaux
6chasechaseVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
7himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 chaseobj
8downdownADP_6 chasecompound:prt
9himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes6 chaseobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1chase downshouldAlfiehim = heAlfie obl:unmarkedvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yes; the cyclist should have stopped, so reporting was right

discoursepunctdetnsubj:passauxauxpunctadvmodnsubjcopparataxisrootYesINTJ;PUNCTtheDETcyclistNOUNshouldAUXhaveAUXstoppedVERB,PUNCTsoADVreportingNOUNwasAUXrightADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos7 stoppeddiscourse
2;;PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 cyclistdet
4cyclistcyclistNOUNNumber=Sing7 stoppednsubj:pass
5shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin7 stoppedaux
6havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf7 stoppedaux
7stoppedstopVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
8,,PUNCT_12 rightpunct
9sosoADV_12 rightadvmod
10reportingreportingNOUNNumber=Sing12 rightnsubj
11wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 rightcop
12rightrightADJDegree=Pos7 stoppedparataxis
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stopshould · perfect · passivethe cyclistvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
2ispastreportingright propertytree rules

Option 4

No; it is always the walker's fault

discoursepunctnsubjcopadvmoddetnmod:posscaserootNoINTJ;PUNCTitPRONisAUXalwaysADVtheDETwalkerNOUN'sPARTfaultNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg9 faultdiscourse
2;;PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 faultnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 faultcop
5alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot9 faultadvmod
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 walkerdet
7walkerwalkerNOUNNumber=Sing9 faultnmod:poss
8's'sPART_7 walkercase
9faultfaultNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentitthe walker's faultalways propertytree rules

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