Test 7 · ★ · Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and p… Arjun: "A crystal in my watch wiggles? Dad's taking the mick." ("Taking the mick" means joking.) Is Dad joking?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: my, Dad, Taking · What happens: wiggle, take, mean, joke · To what, where: mick · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 123 «Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and phones» of the world 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: Arjun: "A crystal in my watch wiggles?
punct punct det appos case nmod:poss compound nmod punct root Arjun PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT A DET crystal NOUN in ADP my PRON watch NOUN wiggles NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Arjun Arjun PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 5 crystal punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 5 crystal punct 4 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 crystal det 5 crystal crystal NOUN Number=Sing 1 Arjun appos 6 in in ADP _ 9 wiggles case 7 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 wiggles nmod:poss 8 watch watch NOUN Number=Sing 9 wiggles compound 9 wiggles wiggle NOUN Number=Plur 5 crystal nmod 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 Arjun punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wiggle in a quote my nom wiggle «act transitive»: poss=agent
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: Dad's taking the mick."
nsubj aux det obj punct punct root Dad NOUN 's AUX taking VERB the DET mick NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 3 taking nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 taking aux 3 taking take VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 mick det 5 mick mick NOUN Number=Sing 3 taking obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 taking punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 3 taking punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take present · progressive Dad the mick vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mick=Theme
Sentence 3: ("Taking the mick" means joking.)
punct punct csubj det obj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Taking VERB the DET mick NOUN " PUNCT means VERB joking VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 7 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Taking punct 3 Taking take VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 means csubj 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 mick det 5 mick mick NOUN Number=Sing 3 Taking obj 6 " " PUNCT _ 3 Taking punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 joking joke VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 means xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take in a quote gerund the mick vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mick=Theme 2 mean present Taking vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 joke speech: other not said to happen gerund Taking not said here vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: Is Dad joking?
aux nsubj punct root Is AUX Dad PROPN joking VERB ? 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 3 joking aux 2 Dad Dad PROPN Number=Sing 3 joking nsubj 3 joking joke VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 joking punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 joke speech: other present · progressive Dad vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer No, a quartz crystal vibrates 32,768 times a second
discourse punct det compound nsubj nummod obl:unmarked det nmod:unmarked root No INTJ , PUNCT a DET quartz NOUN crystal NOUN vibrates VERB 32,768 NUM times NOUN a DET second NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 vibrates discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 crystal det 4 quartz quartz NOUN Number=Sing 5 crystal compound 5 crystal crystal NOUN Number=Sing 6 vibrates nsubj 6 vibrates vibrate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 32,768 32,768 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 times nummod 8 times time NOUN Number=Plur 6 vibrates obl:unmarked 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 second det 10 second second NOUN Number=Sing 8 times nmod:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 vibrate present a quartz crystal time vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Option 2 No, but it only wiggles very slowly, about once a minute
discourse punct cc nsubj advmod advmod advmod punct advmod advmod det obl:unmarked root No INTJ , PUNCT but CCONJ it PRON only ADV wiggles VERB very ADV slowly ADV , PUNCT about ADV once ADV a DET minute NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 wiggles discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 6 wiggles punct 3 but but CCONJ _ 6 wiggles cc 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 wiggles nsubj 5 only only ADV _ 6 wiggles advmod 6 wiggles wiggle VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 very very ADV _ 8 slowly advmod 8 slowly slowly ADV _ 6 wiggles advmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 once punct 10 about about ADV _ 11 once advmod 11 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 6 wiggles advmod 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 minute det 13 minute minute NOUN Number=Sing 11 once obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wiggle present it once, slowly property vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Yes, crystals are a kind of rock and can never move at all
discourse punct nsubj cop det case nmod cc aux advmod conj case obl root Yes INTJ , PUNCT crystals NOUN are AUX a DET kind NOUN of ADP rock NOUN and CCONJ can AUX never ADV move VERB at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 6 kind discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 crystals crystal NOUN Number=Plur 6 kind nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 kind cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 kind det 6 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 8 rock case 8 rock rock NOUN Number=Sing 6 kind nmod 9 and and CCONJ _ 12 move cc 10 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 move aux 11 never never ADV PronType=Neg 12 move advmod 12 move move VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 kind conj 13 at at ADP _ 14 all case 14 all all DET PronType=Tot 12 move obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present crystals a kind of rock tree rules 2 not move can crystals not said here all vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory
Option 4 Yes, watches only ever use springs and little wheels
discourse punct advmod advmod ccomp obj cc amod conj root Yes INTJ , PUNCT watches VERB only ADV ever ADV use VERB springs NOUN and CCONJ little ADJ wheels NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 3 watches discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 watches watch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 only only ADV _ 6 use advmod 5 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 6 use advmod 6 use use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 watches ccomp 7 springs spring NOUN Number=Plur 6 use obj 8 and and CCONJ _ 10 wheels cc 9 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 10 wheels amod 10 wheels wheel NOUN Number=Plur 7 springs conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 watch present tree rules 2 use present ever; spring vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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