Test 4 · ★★ · Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs Ella's Canadian uncle says, "eh, it was a bit choppy, that's all." ("Choppy" means rough water.) What helped Ella in the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Canadian uncle, it, Choppy · What happens: say, be, mean, help · To what, where: rough water, Ella, end · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs» 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: Ella's Canadian uncle says, "eh, it was a bit choppy, that's all."
nmod:poss case amod nsubj punct punct discourse punct nsubj cop det obl:unmarked ccomp punct nsubj cop conj punct punct root Ella PROPN 's PART Canadian ADJ uncle NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT eh INTJ , PUNCT it PRON was AUX a DET bit NOUN choppy ADJ , PUNCT that PRON 's AUX all DET . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ella Ella PROPN Number=Sing 4 uncle nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ella case 3 Canadian Canadian ADJ Degree=Pos 4 uncle amod 4 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 says punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 14 choppy punct 8 eh eh INTJ _ 14 choppy discourse 9 , , PUNCT _ 8 eh punct 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 choppy nsubj 11 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 14 choppy cop 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 bit det 13 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 14 choppy obl:unmarked 14 choppy choppy ADJ Degree=Pos 5 says ccomp 15 , , PUNCT _ 18 all punct 16 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 18 all nsubj 17 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 all cop 18 all all DET PronType=Tot 14 choppy conj 19 . . PUNCT _ 14 choppy punct 20 " " PUNCT _ 14 choppy punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Ella's Canadian uncle vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote past it a bit obl:unmarked ; choppy 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: ("Choppy" means rough water.)
punct punct nsubj punct amod obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Choppy ADJ " PUNCT means VERB rough ADJ water NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Choppy punct 3 Choppy choppy ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Choppy punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 rough rough ADJ Degree=Pos 7 water amod 7 water water NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Choppy rough water vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Topic
Sentence 3: What helped Ella in the end?
nsubj obj case det obl punct root What PRON helped VERB Ella PROPN in ADP the DET end NOUN ? PUNCT 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 Ella Ella PROPN Number=Sing 2 helped obj 4 in in ADP _ 6 end case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 end det 6 end end NOUN Number=Sing 2 helped obl 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 helped punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help past Ella in the end vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ella=Beneficiary
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Watching lots of shipwreck films every night before bed
obj case compound nmod det obl:unmarked case obl root Watching VERB lots NOUN of ADP shipwreck NOUN films NOUN every DET night NOUN before ADP bed NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Watching watch VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 lots lot NOUN Number=Plur 1 Watching obj 3 of of ADP _ 5 films case 4 shipwreck shipwreck NOUN Number=Sing 5 films compound 5 films film NOUN Number=Plur 2 lots nmod 6 every every DET PronType=Tot 7 night det 7 night night NOUN Number=Sing 1 Watching obl:unmarked 8 before before ADP _ 9 bed case 9 bed bed NOUN Number=Sing 1 Watching obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 watch gerund lots of shipwreck films before bed; night vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Talking about it and later a small calm boat trip
case obl cc advmod det amod amod compound obj root Talking VERB about ADP it PRON and CCONJ later ADV a DET small ADJ calm ADJ boat NOUN trip NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Talking talk VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 about about ADP _ 3 it case 3 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Talking obl 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 later cc 5 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 1 Talking advmod 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 trip det 7 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 10 trip amod 8 calm calm ADJ Degree=Pos 10 trip amod 9 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 10 trip compound 10 trip trip NOUN Number=Sing 1 Talking obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 talk gerund a small calm boat trip about it; late property tree rules
Option 3 Forcing herself onto a huge boat in a storm to get over it
obj case det amod obl case det obl mark advcl case obl root Forcing VERB herself PRON onto ADP a DET huge ADJ boat NOUN in ADP a DET storm NOUN to PART get VERB over ADP it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Forcing force VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 herself herself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 1 Forcing obj 3 onto onto ADP _ 6 boat case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 boat det 5 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 6 boat amod 6 boat boat NOUN Number=Sing 1 Forcing obl 7 in in ADP _ 9 storm case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 storm det 9 storm storm NOUN Number=Sing 1 Forcing obl 10 to to PART _ 11 get mark 11 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Forcing advcl 12 over over ADP _ 13 it case 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 get obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 force gerund herself = she a huge boat in a storm vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Recipient 2 get to-infinitive storm vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over it=Destination
Option 4 Never going near the water again for the rest of her life
advmod case det obl advmod case det obl case nmod:poss nmod root Never ADV going VERB near ADP the DET water NOUN again ADV for ADP the DET rest NOUN of ADP her PRON life NOUN 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 near near ADP _ 5 water case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 water det 5 water water NOUN Number=Sing 2 going obl 6 again again ADV _ 2 going advmod 7 for for ADP _ 9 rest case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 rest det 9 rest rest NOUN Number=Sing 2 going obl 10 of of ADP _ 12 life case 11 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 life nmod:poss 12 life life NOUN Number=Sing 9 rest nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not go gerund the water again for the rest of her life vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent near water=Location for rest=Theme
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