Test 8 · Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that won't go… Jake's mate from Ireland: "Ah, it's only a bit of banter, ye big eejit, ignore them." ("Eejit" is a friendly word for a silly person.) Is that good advice about the nickname?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Eejit, that · What happens: be, ignore · To what, where: bit, friendly word, good advice
This is test 8 of lesson 9 «Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that won't go away» 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: Jake's mate from Ireland: "Ah, it's only a bit of banter, ye big eejit, ignore them."
nmod:poss case nsubj case nmod punct punct discourse punct nsubj cop advmod det obl:unmarked case nmod punct det amod conj punct obj punct punct root Jake PROPN 's PART mate NOUN from ADP Ireland PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Ah INTJ , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX only ADV a DET bit NOUN of ADP banter NOUN , PUNCT ye PRON big ADJ eejit NOUN , PUNCT ignore VERB them PRON . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jake Jake PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Jake case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 22 ignore nsubj 4 from from ADP _ 5 Ireland case 5 Ireland Ireland PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod 6 : : PUNCT _ 14 bit punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 14 bit punct 8 Ah ah INTJ _ 14 bit discourse 9 , , PUNCT _ 8 Ah punct 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 bit nsubj 11 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 bit cop 12 only only ADV _ 14 bit advmod 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 bit det 14 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 22 ignore obl:unmarked 15 of of ADP _ 16 banter case 16 banter banter NOUN Number=Sing 14 bit nmod 17 , , PUNCT _ 20 eejit punct 18 ye ye PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch 20 eejit det 19 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 20 eejit amod 20 eejit eejit NOUN Number=Sing 14 bit conj 21 , , PUNCT _ 14 bit punct 22 ignore ignore VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 23 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 22 ignore obj 24 . . PUNCT _ 22 ignore punct 25 " " PUNCT _ 22 ignore punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present mate a bit and ye big eejit of banter tree rules 2 ignore in a quote infinitive Jake's mate from Ireland bit vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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: ("Eejit" is a friendly word for a silly person.)
punct punct nsubj punct cop det amod case det amod nmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Eejit PROPN " PUNCT is AUX a DET friendly ADJ word NOUN for ADP a DET silly ADJ person NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 8 word punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Eejit punct 3 Eejit Eejit PROPN Number=Sing 8 word nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Eejit punct 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 word cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 word det 7 friendly friendly ADJ Degree=Pos 8 word amod 8 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 for for ADP _ 12 person case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 person det 11 silly silly ADJ Degree=Pos 12 person amod 12 person person NOUN Number=Sing 8 word nmod 13 . . PUNCT _ 8 word punct 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 8 word punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Eejit a friendly word for a silly person tree rules
Sentence 3: Is that good advice about the nickname?
cop nsubj amod case det nmod punct root Is AUX that PRON good ADJ advice NOUN about ADP the DET nickname NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 advice cop 2 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 advice nsubj 3 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 4 advice amod 4 advice advice NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 about about ADP _ 7 nickname case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 nickname det 7 nickname nickname NOUN Number=Sing 4 advice nmod 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 advice punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present that good advice about the nickname tree rules
The options Option 1 No; getting really angry makes them stop quickest
discourse punct csubj advmod xcomp obj xcomp xcomp root No INTJ ; PUNCT getting VERB really ADV angry ADJ makes VERB them PRON stop VERB quickest ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 makes discourse 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 6 makes punct 3 getting get VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 makes csubj 4 really really ADV _ 5 angry advmod 5 angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos 3 getting xcomp 6 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 makes obj 8 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 makes xcomp 9 quickest quick ADJ Degree=Sup 8 stop xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get gerund angry property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 2 make present getting them = they tree rules 3 stop infinitive them = they not said here quick property vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Option 2 Yes, but only if he goes and changes his name too
discourse punct cc advmod mark nsubj cc conj nmod:poss obj advmod root Yes INTJ , PUNCT but CCONJ only ADV if SCONJ he PRON goes VERB and CCONJ changes VERB his PRON name NOUN too ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 7 goes discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 goes punct 3 but but CCONJ _ 7 goes cc 4 only only ADV _ 7 goes advmod 5 if if SCONJ _ 7 goes mark 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 goes nsubj 7 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 changes cc 9 changes change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 goes conj 10 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 name nmod:poss 11 name name NOUN Number=Sing 9 changes obj 12 too too ADV _ 9 changes advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present he vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 change present he not said here his name vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient 3 name his = he nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 No; he should give them an even worse nickname
discourse punct nsubj aux iobj det advmod amod obj root No INTJ ; PUNCT he PRON should AUX give VERB them PRON an DET even ADV worse ADJ nickname NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 give discourse 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 give nsubj 4 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 give aux 5 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 give iobj 7 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 nickname det 8 even even ADV _ 9 worse advmod 9 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp 10 nickname amod 10 nickname nickname NOUN Number=Sing 5 give obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give should he a worse nickname them = they vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient nickname=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Yes; nicknames fade faster if you don't react
discourse punct nsubj advmod mark nsubj aux advmod advcl root Yes INTJ ; PUNCT nicknames NOUN fade VERB faster ADV if SCONJ you PRON do AUX n't PART react VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 fade discourse 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 nicknames nickname NOUN Number=Plur 4 fade nsubj 4 fade fade VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 faster fast ADV Degree=Cmp 4 fade advmod 6 if if SCONJ _ 10 react mark 7 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 react nsubj 8 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 react aux 9 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 10 react advmod 10 react react VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 fade advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fade present nicknames fast property vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 not react a condition, not said to happen present · do-support you vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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