Test 9 · ★ · Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon» A Canadian uncle says, «Eh, buddy, just grab another fish at the store, it's no big deal.» Ruby says «not yet, maybe never». Who is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Canadian uncle, fish, Ruby · What happens: say, grab, be · To what, where: fish, store, big deal · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 57 «Garden burials, wild animals and a new pet «too soon»» of the religion ethics 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: A Canadian uncle says, «Eh, buddy, just grab another fish at the store, it's no big deal.»
det amod nsubj punct punct discourse punct vocative punct advmod ccomp det obj case det obl punct nsubj cop det amod parataxis punct punct root A DET Canadian ADJ uncle NOUN says VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT Eh INTJ , PUNCT buddy NOUN , PUNCT just ADV grab VERB another DET fish NOUN at ADP the DET store NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX no DET big ADJ deal NOUN . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 uncle det 2 Canadian Canadian ADJ Degree=Pos 3 uncle amod 3 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 Eh punct 6 « « PUNCT _ 7 Eh punct 7 Eh eh INTJ _ 4 says discourse 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 buddy punct 9 buddy buddy NOUN Number=Sing 7 Eh vocative 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 grab punct 11 just just ADV _ 12 grab advmod 12 grab grab VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 says ccomp 13 another another DET PronType=Ind 14 fish det 14 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 12 grab obj 15 at at ADP _ 17 store case 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 store det 17 store store NOUN Number=Sing 12 grab obl 18 , , PUNCT _ 23 deal punct 19 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 23 deal nsubj 20 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 23 deal cop 21 no no DET PronType=Neg 23 deal det 22 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 23 deal amod 23 deal deal NOUN Number=Sing 12 grab parataxis 24 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct 25 » » PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a Canadian uncle vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 grab in a quote infinitive another fish the store vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme 3 is a in a quote present fish no big deal 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: Ruby says «not yet, maybe never».
nsubj punct advmod ccomp punct advmod conj punct punct root Ruby PROPN says VERB « PUNCT not PART yet ADV , PUNCT maybe ADV never ADV » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 « « PUNCT _ 5 yet punct 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 yet advmod 5 yet yet ADV _ 2 says ccomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 never punct 7 maybe maybe ADV _ 8 never advmod 8 never never ADV PronType=Neg 5 yet conj 9 » » PUNCT _ 5 yet punct 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Ruby vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Who is right?
nsubj cop punct root Who PRON is AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 right nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present right property tree rules
The options Option 1 The uncle, because all fish are the same, so it's no big deal
The tree, 14 words det punct mark det nsubj cop det conj punct advmod nsubj cop det amod conj root The DET uncle NOUN , PUNCT because SCONJ all DET fish NOUN are AUX the DET same ADJ , PUNCT so ADV it PRON 's AUX no DET big ADJ deal NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 uncle det 2 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 9 same punct 4 because because SCONJ _ 9 same mark 5 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 fish det 6 fish fish NOUN Number=Plur 9 same nsubj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 same cop 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 same det 9 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 2 uncle conj 10 , , PUNCT _ 16 deal punct 11 so so ADV _ 16 deal advmod 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 deal nsubj 13 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 deal cop 14 no no DET PronType=Neg 16 deal det 15 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 16 deal amod 16 deal deal NOUN Number=Sing 2 uncle conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present all fish same property tree rules 2 is a present it no big deal tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Ruby may wait as long as she needs; there is no timetable
nsubj aux advmod advmod mark nsubj advcl punct expl advcl det nsubj root Ruby PROPN may AUX wait VERB as ADV long ADV as SCONJ she PRON needs VERB ; PUNCT there PRON is VERB no DET timetable NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN Number=Sing 3 wait nsubj 2 may may AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 wait aux 3 wait wait VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 as as ADV _ 5 long advmod 5 long long ADV Degree=Pos 3 wait advmod 6 as as SCONJ _ 8 needs mark 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 needs nsubj 8 needs need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 long advcl 9 ; ; PUNCT _ 11 is punct 10 there there PRON PronType=Dem 11 is expl 11 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wait advcl 12 no no DET PronType=Neg 13 timetable det 13 timetable timetable NOUN Number=Sing 11 is nsubj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait may Ruby long property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 need present Ruby vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot 3 be present no timetable there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 Ruby must buy one by Sunday
nsubj aux obj case obl root Ruby PROPN must AUX buy VERB one NUM by ADP Sunday PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ruby Ruby PROPN Number=Sing 3 buy nsubj 2 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 buy aux 3 buy buy VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 buy obj 5 by by ADP _ 6 Sunday case 6 Sunday Sunday PROPN Number=Sing 3 buy obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 buy must Ruby one sunday vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Nobody may ever keep a fish again
nsubj aux advmod det obj advmod root Nobody PRON may AUX ever ADV keep VERB a DET fish NOUN again ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 4 keep nsubj 2 may may AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 keep aux 3 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 4 keep advmod 4 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 fish det 6 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 4 keep obj 7 again again ADV _ 4 keep advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep may Nobody a fish ever; again vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme
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