Test 5 · ★★ · Bets, dares and silly reasons Jake: "Mate, it hardly ever snows in London on Christmas Day. You're betting on a Christmas card." What does he mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jake, You · What happens: snow, bet, mean · To what, where: London
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 169 «Bets, dares and silly reasons» 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: Jake: "Mate, it hardly ever snows in London on Christmas Day.
nsubj punct punct appos punct nsubj advmod advmod case obl case compound obl punct root Jake PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Mate NOUN , PUNCT it PRON hardly ADV ever ADV snows VERB in ADP London PROPN on ADP Christmas PROPN Day PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jake Jake PROPN Number=Sing 9 snows nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 Mate punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 Mate punct 4 Mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 1 Jake appos 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 snows punct 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 snows nsubj 7 hardly hardly ADV _ 9 snows advmod 8 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 9 snows advmod 9 snows snow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 in in ADP _ 11 London case 11 London London PROPN Number=Sing 9 snows obl 12 on on ADP _ 14 Day case 13 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 14 Day compound 14 Day Day PROPN Number=Sing 9 snows obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 9 snows punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 snow in a quote present Jake London on Christmas Day; ever hardly property vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
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're betting on a Christmas card."
nsubj aux case det compound obl punct punct root You PRON 're AUX betting VERB on ADP a DET Christmas PROPN card 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 betting nsubj 2 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 betting aux 3 betting bet VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 on on ADP _ 7 card case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 card det 6 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 7 card compound 7 card card NOUN Number=Sing 3 betting obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 betting punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 3 betting punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 bet present · progressive You on a Christmas card vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on card=Theme
Sentence 3: What does he mean?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX he PRON mean VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 mean obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 mean nsubj 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present · do-support Jake vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Christmas pictures show snow, but real weather doesn't follow them
compound nsubj obj punct cc amod nsubj aux advmod conj obj root Christmas PROPN pictures NOUN show VERB snow NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ real ADJ weather NOUN does AUX n't PART follow VERB them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 2 pictures compound 2 pictures picture NOUN Number=Plur 3 show nsubj 3 show show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 snow snow NOUN Number=Sing 3 show obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 11 follow punct 6 but but CCONJ _ 11 follow cc 7 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 8 weather amod 8 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 11 follow nsubj 9 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 follow aux 10 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 11 follow advmod 11 follow follow VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 show conj 12 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 follow obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present Christmas pictures snow vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent snow=Recipient 2 not follow present · do-support real weather pictures = picture vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
Option 2 It snows every Christmas outside London
nsubj det obj case nmod root It PRON snows VERB every DET Christmas PROPN outside ADP London PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 snows nsubj 2 snows snow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 every every DET PronType=Tot 4 Christmas det 4 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 2 snows obj 5 outside outside ADP _ 6 London case 6 London London PROPN Number=Sing 4 Christmas nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 snow present It every Christmas outside London tree rules
Option 3 Christmas cards can predict the weather, because the artists check the forecast
compound nsubj aux det obj punct mark det nsubj conj det obj root Christmas PROPN cards NOUN can AUX predict VERB the DET weather NOUN , PUNCT because SCONJ the DET artists NOUN check VERB the DET forecast NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 2 cards compound 2 cards card NOUN Number=Plur 4 predict nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 predict aux 4 predict predict VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 weather det 6 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 4 predict obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 check punct 8 because because SCONJ _ 11 check mark 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 artists det 10 artists artist NOUN Number=Plur 11 check nsubj 11 check check VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 predict conj 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 forecast det 13 forecast forecast NOUN Number=Sing 11 check obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 predict can Christmas cards the weather vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot weather=Topic 2 check present the artists the forecast vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forecast=Theme
Option 4 Snow only falls on Christmas Eve
nsubj advmod case compound obl root Snow NOUN only ADV falls VERB on ADP Christmas PROPN Eve PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Snow snow NOUN Number=Sing 3 falls nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 3 falls advmod 3 falls fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 on on ADP _ 6 Eve case 5 Christmas Christmas PROPN Number=Sing 6 Eve compound 6 Eve Eve PROPN Number=Sing 3 falls obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fall present Snow Christmas Eve vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on eve=Location
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