Test 2 · "Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason
His friend: "Kyle sold his cards, so now cards are dead? Bro is lowkey just trying to get rid of his last shinies." What does "lowkey" mean here?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, cards, Bro, lowkey · What happens: sell, be, try, get, mean · To what, where: cards
This is test 2 of lesson 166 «"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason» 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: His friend: "Kyle sold his cards, so now cards are dead?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sold | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 friend | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 sold | punct |
| 5 | Kyle | Kyle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sold | nsubj |
| 6 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 cards | nmod:poss |
| 8 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sold | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 dead | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 dead | advmod |
| 11 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 dead | advmod |
| 12 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 dead | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 dead | cop |
| 14 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sold | advcl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 sold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell in a quote | past | His friend | Kyle's cards | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | cards | now | dead property | 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: Bro is lowkey just trying to get rid of his last shinies."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lowkey | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lowkey | cop |
| 3 | lowkey | lowkey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 trying | advmod |
| 5 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 lowkey | advcl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 trying | xcomp |
| 8 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 shinies | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 shinies | nmod:poss |
| 11 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 shinies | amod |
| 12 | shinies | shiny | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 rid | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lowkey | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 lowkey | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Bro | lowkey property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | try | gerund | Bro not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | Bro not said here | rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Sentence 3: What does "lowkey" mean here?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mean | aux |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 lowkey | punct |
| 4 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mean | nsubj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 lowkey | punct |
| 6 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 mean | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | lowkey | here | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
In a low voice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 voice | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 voice | det |
| 3 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 voice | amod |
| 4 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A bit, or secretly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bit | det |
| 2 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 bit | punct |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 2 bit | cc |
| 5 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 2 bit | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Very loudly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 loudly | advmod |
| 2 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Not at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 all | advmod |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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