Test 6 · Keeping promises

In Newcastle Gemma moans, "Howay man, Da, you always say that." What does she feel?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Newcastle · What happens: moan, say, feel · To what, where: Howay man, Newcastle, that · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 of lesson 86 «Keeping promises» 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: In Newcastle Gemma moans, "Howay man, Da, you always say that."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Newcastle	case
2	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 moans	obl
3	Gemma	Gemma	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Newcastle	flat
4	moans	moan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 man	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 man	punct
7	Howay	Howay	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 man	compound
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moans	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Da	punct
10	Da	Da	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 man	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 say	punct
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 say	nsubj
13	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	14 say	advmod
14	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moans	parataxis
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 say	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 moans	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 moans	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	moan	present		Howay man		Newcastle			tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	you	that				always property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=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 feel?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present · do-support	Newcastle						vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She doesn't believe the promise any more, because it's been broken so often

The tree, 15 words

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	4 believe	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 believe	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 believe	advmod
4	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 promise	det
6	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 believe	obj
7	any	any	ADV	_	8 more	advmod
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 believe	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 broken	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 broken	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 broken	nsubj:pass
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 broken	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 broken	aux:pass
14	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 believe	parataxis
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 often	advmod
16	often	often	ADV	_	14 broken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not believe	present · do-support	She	the promise					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Stimulus
2	break	present · passive		promise				often property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

She is really excited about going to the match with her dad again this weekend

The tree, 15 words

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	4 excited	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 excited	cop
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 excited	advmod
4	excited	excited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	about	about	SCONJ	_	6 going	mark
6	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 excited	advcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 match	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 match	det
9	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 going	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 dad	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 dad	nmod:poss
12	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 match	nmod
13	again	again	ADV	_	6 going	advmod
14	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 weekend	det
15	weekend	weekend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 going	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					excited property	tree rules
2	go	gerund	She not said here			the match with her dad	again; weekend		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to match=Initial_Location

Option 3

She doesn't like football at all

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	4 like	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 like	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 like	advmod
4	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 like	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 like	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	She	football		all			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot football=Theme

Option 4

She wants her dad to go away

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	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 go	mark
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	She	her dad					tree rules
2	go away not said to happen	to-infinitive	her dad not said here					away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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