Test 3 · The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"
Freddie: "I didn't say no 'cause I didn't HEAR you, bruv. That's not a yes, that's me doing fractions." What does "bruv" mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, That, bruv · What happens: not say, not hear, not be, do, mean · To what, where: bruv, you, yes, fractions · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 168 «The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"» 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: Freddie: "I didn't say no 'cause I didn't HEAR you, bruv.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freddie | Freddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 say | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 say | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 say | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 say | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 say | advmod |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Freddie | parataxis |
| 8 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 say | discourse |
| 9 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 no | punct |
| 10 | cause | cause | SCONJ | _ | 14 HEAR | mark |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 HEAR | nsubj |
| 12 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 HEAR | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 HEAR | advmod |
| 14 | HEAR | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 say | advcl |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 HEAR | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 bruv | punct |
| 17 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Freddie | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not say speech: assert in a quote | past · do-support | I | bruv | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not hear in a quote | past · do-support | I | you | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
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's not a yes, that's me doing fractions."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 yes | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 yes | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 yes | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 yes | det |
| 5 | yes | yes | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 doing | punct |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 doing | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 doing | aux |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 doing | nsubj |
| 10 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 yes | parataxis |
| 11 | fractions | fraction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 doing | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 doing | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 yes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | That | a yes | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | present · progressive | that | fractions | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fraction=Eventuality |
Sentence 3: What does "bruv" mean?
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 bruv | punct |
| 4 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mean | nsubj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 bruv | punct |
| 6 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | bruv | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Stranger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Mate, or brother (London slang)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 brother | punct |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 brother | cc |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mate | conj |
| 5 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 7 slang | punct |
| 6 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 slang | compound |
| 7 | slang | slang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brother | appos |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 7 slang | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Enemy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enemy | Enemy | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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