Test 6 · "Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason
Her best mate: "You said it to the HEAD teacher, Ava. Lowkey iconic, highkey detention." What is the lesson?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: best mate, lesson · What happens: say, be · To what, where: it, HEAD teacher · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: Her best mate: "You said it to the HEAD teacher, Ava.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 mate | amod |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 6 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 said | nsubj |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 said | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 teacher | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 teacher | det |
| 11 | HEAD | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 teacher | compound |
| 12 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Ava | punct |
| 14 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 teacher | appos |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Her best mate | it | the HEAD teacher | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to teacher=Recipient |
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: Lowkey iconic, highkey detention."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lowkey | lowkey | ADV | _ | 2 iconic | advmod |
| 2 | iconic | iconic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 detention | punct |
| 4 | highkey | highkey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 detention | amod |
| 5 | detention | detention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 iconic | conj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 iconic | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 iconic | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What is the lesson?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the lesson | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The head teacher doesn't know any slang
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 2 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | compound |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 know | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 know | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 know | advmod |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 slang | det |
| 8 | slang | slang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 know | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | the head teacher | any slang | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer slang=Stimulus |
Option 2
Only say rude words to teachers you like
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 say | advmod |
| 2 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 words | amod |
| 4 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 say | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 teachers | case |
| 6 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 say | obl |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 like | nsubj |
| 8 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 teachers | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | rude words | teachers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Topic to teacher=Recipient | |||
| 2 | like | present | you | teachers not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot teacher=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Don't copy a word just because everyone uses it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 copy | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 copy | advmod |
| 3 | copy | copy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 word | det |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 copy | obj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 uses | advmod |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 uses | mark |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 uses | nsubj |
| 9 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 copy | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 uses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not copy | imperative · do-support | you not said here | a word | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | ||||
| 2 | use | present | everyone | word | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4
Detention is iconic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detention | detention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 iconic | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 iconic | cop |
| 3 | iconic | iconic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Detention | iconic property | tree rules |
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