Test 2 · ★★ · Living well because life is short

«Me nan says she's had a good innings, is she on about cricket?» asks a lad in Yorkshire. What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Me nan, nan, lad · What happens: say on, have, ask, mean · To what, where: good innings · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 76 «Living well because life is short» 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: «Me nan says she's had a good innings, is she on about cricket?» asks a lad in Yorkshire.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	Me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 nan	compound
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 asks	parataxis
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 had	aux
7	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 says	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 innings	det
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 innings	amod
10	innings	inning	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 had	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 on	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 on	cop
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 on	nsubj
14	on	on	ADP	_	4 says	compound:prt
15	about	about	ADP	_	16 cricket	case
16	cricket	cricket	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 on	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
19	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 lad	det
21	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 asks	obj
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 Yorkshire	case
23	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 lad	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say on speech: assert in a quote	present	Me nan		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have in a quote	present · passive	nan	a good innings	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inning=Patient
3	ask speech: ask	present	a lad		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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: What does she mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	nan						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

She's about to go into hospital

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 go	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 go	cop
3	about	about	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 go	mark
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 hospital	case
7	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She			hospital		about, go property	tree rules

Option 2

She used to play cricket for England when she was a young woman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 play	mark
4	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	xcomp
5	cricket	cricket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 England	case
7	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 play	obl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 woman	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 woman	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 woman	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 woman	det
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 woman	amod
13	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	past	She			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	play	to-infinitive	She not said here	cricket	for England	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent cricket=Theme for england=Eventuality
3	is a	past	England	a young woman		tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She's had a long, full life she's happy with

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 had	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 had	aux
3	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 life	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 life	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 long	punct
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 life	amod
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 happy	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 happy	cop
11	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 had	parataxis
12	with	with	ADP	_	3 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · passive	She	a long full life					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient
2	is	present	she					happy property	tree rules

Option 4

She wants to watch the cricket now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 watch	mark
4	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cricket	det
6	cricket	cricket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 watch	obj
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 watch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	She						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	watch not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the cricket			now		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cricket=Theme

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