Test 4 · ★ · The rumour that grows Lily: "That's like every head teacher ever. That doesn't mean she's a villain." What is she saying?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: That, teacher · What happens: be, not mean, say · To what, where: villain · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 167 «The rumour that grows» 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: Lily: "That's like every head teacher ever.
punct punct nsubj cop case det compound appos advmod punct root Lily PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT That PRON 's AUX like ADP every DET head NOUN teacher NOUN ever ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lily Lily PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 9 teacher punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 9 teacher punct 4 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 teacher nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 teacher cop 6 like like ADP _ 9 teacher case 7 every every DET PronType=Tot 9 teacher det 8 head head NOUN Number=Sing 9 teacher compound 9 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 1 Lily appos 10 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 9 teacher advmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Lily punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present That ever like every head teacher 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: That doesn't mean she's a villain."
nsubj aux advmod nsubj cop det ccomp punct punct root That PRON does AUX n't PART mean VERB she PRON 's AUX a DET villain NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 mean nsubj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 mean advmod 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 villain nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 villain cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 villain det 8 villain villain NOUN Number=Sing 4 mean ccomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 mean punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not mean present · do-support That vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is a present teacher a villain tree rules
Sentence 3: What is she saying?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX she PRON saying VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 saying obj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 saying aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 saying nsubj 4 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 saying punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · progressive teacher vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice All head teachers are villains
det compound nsubj cop root All DET head NOUN teachers NOUN are AUX villains NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 All all DET PronType=Tot 3 teachers det 2 head head NOUN Number=Sing 3 teachers compound 3 teachers teacher NOUN Number=Plur 5 villains nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 villains cop 5 villains villain NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present all head teachers villains tree rules
Option 2 The new head is the strictest ever
det amod nsubj cop det advmod root The DET new ADJ head NOUN is AUX the DET strictest ADJ ever ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 head det 2 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 3 head amod 3 head head NOUN Number=Sing 6 strictest nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 strictest cop 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 strictest det 6 strictest strict ADJ Degree=Sup root root 7 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 6 strictest advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the new head ever strict property tree rules
Option 3 Running is allowed in some schools, so the new head must hate children
csubj:pass aux:pass case det obl punct advmod det amod nsubj aux parataxis obj root Running VERB is AUX allowed VERB in ADP some DET schools NOUN , PUNCT so ADV the DET new ADJ head NOUN must AUX hate VERB children NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Running run VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 allowed csubj:pass 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 allowed aux:pass 3 allowed allow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 in in ADP _ 6 schools case 5 some some DET PronType=Ind 6 schools det 6 schools school NOUN Number=Plur 3 allowed obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 13 hate punct 8 so so ADV _ 13 hate advmod 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 head det 10 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 11 head amod 11 head head NOUN Number=Sing 13 hate nsubj 12 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 13 hate aux 13 hate hate VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 allowed parataxis 14 children child NOUN Number=Plur 13 hate obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 run gerund vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 allow present · passive Running some schools vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING» 3 hate must the new head children vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer One common rule doesn't show how someone feels about children
nummod amod nsubj aux advmod advmod nsubj ccomp case obl root One NUM common ADJ rule NOUN does AUX n't PART show VERB how ADV someone PRON feels VERB about ADP children NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 rule nummod 2 common common ADJ Degree=Pos 3 rule amod 3 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 6 show nsubj 4 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 show aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 show advmod 6 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 how how ADV PronType=Int 9 feels advmod 8 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 9 feels nsubj 9 feels feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 show ccomp 10 about about ADP _ 11 children case 11 children child NOUN Number=Plur 9 feels obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not show present · do-support One common rule vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 feel present someone about children vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about child=Location
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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