Test 5 · ★ · The rumour that grows Kai: "So it was the ringtone, not me? You nearly started World War Three over a ringtone." What went wrong with Josh's message?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, You · What happens: be, start, go · To what, where: ringtone, World War
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Kai: "So it was the ringtone, not me?
punct punct advmod nsubj cop det appos punct advmod appos punct root Kai PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT So ADV it PRON was AUX the DET ringtone NOUN , PUNCT not PART me PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 8 ringtone punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 8 ringtone punct 4 So so ADV _ 8 ringtone advmod 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 ringtone nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 ringtone cop 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 ringtone det 8 ringtone ringtone NOUN Number=Sing 1 Kai appos 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 me punct 10 not not PART Polarity=Neg 11 me advmod 11 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 ringtone appos 12 ? ? PUNCT _ 11 me punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote past it the ringtone 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: You nearly started World War Three over a ringtone."
nsubj advmod compound obj nmod:unmarked case det obl punct punct root You PRON nearly ADV started VERB World PROPN War PROPN Three NUM over ADP a DET ringtone NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 started nsubj 2 nearly nearly ADV _ 3 started advmod 3 started start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 World World PROPN Number=Sing 5 War compound 5 War War PROPN Number=Sing 3 started obj 6 Three three NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 5 War nmod:unmarked 7 over over ADP _ 9 ringtone case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 ringtone det 9 ringtone ringtone NOUN Number=Sing 3 started obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 started punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 3 started punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 start past You World War Three a ringtone nearly property vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality
Sentence 3: What went wrong with Josh's message?
nsubj xcomp case nmod:poss case obl punct root What PRON went VERB wrong ADJ with ADP Josh PROPN 's PART message NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 went nsubj 2 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 2 went xcomp 4 with with ADP _ 7 message case 5 Josh Josh PROPN Number=Sing 7 message nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 Josh case 7 message message NOUN Number=Sing 2 went obl 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 went punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go past with Josh's message; wrong property vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with message=Beneficiary
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer One small word was lost and the meaning changed
nummod amod nsubj:pass aux:pass cc det nsubj conj root One NUM small ADJ word NOUN was AUX lost VERB and CCONJ the DET meaning NOUN changed VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 word nummod 2 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 3 word amod 3 word word NOUN Number=Sing 5 lost nsubj:pass 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 lost aux:pass 5 lost lose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 9 changed cc 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 meaning det 8 meaning meaning NOUN Number=Sing 9 changed nsubj 9 changed change VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 lost conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lose past · passive One small word vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality 2 change participle the meaning vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Josh made up the whole thing on purpose because he wanted Kai and Mia to fall out
The tree, 17 words nsubj compound:prt det amod obj case obl mark nsubj advcl obj cc conj mark xcomp compound:prt root Josh PROPN made VERB up ADP the DET whole ADJ thing NOUN on ADP purpose NOUN because SCONJ he PRON wanted VERB Kai PROPN and CCONJ Mia PROPN to PART fall VERB out ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Josh Josh PROPN Number=Sing 2 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 made compound:prt 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 thing det 5 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 6 thing amod 6 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obj 7 on on ADP _ 8 purpose case 8 purpose purpose NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obl 9 because because SCONJ _ 11 wanted mark 10 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 wanted nsubj 11 wanted want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 made advcl 12 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing 11 wanted obj 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 Mia cc 14 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 12 Kai conj 15 to to PART _ 16 fall mark 16 fall fall VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 wanted xcomp 17 out out ADP _ 16 fall compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make up past Josh the whole thing purpose vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Pivot 2 want past Josh Kai and Mia tree rules 3 fall out not said to happen to-infinitive Kai and Mia not said here vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 Mia really did say Kai was annoying
nsubj advmod aux nsubj cop ccomp root Mia PROPN really ADV did AUX say VERB Kai PROPN was AUX annoying ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 4 say nsubj 2 really really ADV _ 4 say advmod 3 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 say aux 4 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing 7 annoying nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 annoying cop 7 annoying annoying ADJ Degree=Pos 4 say ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past · do-support Mia vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is past Kai annoying property tree rules
Option 4 Kai's ringtone is actually nice
nmod:poss case nsubj cop advmod root Kai PROPN 's PART ringtone NOUN is AUX actually ADV nice ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing 3 ringtone nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Kai case 3 ringtone ringtone NOUN Number=Sing 6 nice nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 nice cop 5 actually actually ADV _ 6 nice advmod 6 nice nice ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Kai's ringtone actually, nice property tree rules
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