Test 4 · Check the claim, not the person Mum: "Grandma's been sitting for 75 years. She's basically a sitting expert." Joke aside, how should you judge Grandma's advice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandma, you · What happens: sit, be, joke, judge · To what, where: sitting expert, advice
This is test 4 of lesson 188 «Check the claim, not the person» 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: Mum: "Grandma's been sitting for 75 years.
punct punct nsubj aux aux conj case nummod obl punct root Mum NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Grandma PROPN 's AUX been AUX sitting VERB for ADP 75 NUM years NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 7 sitting punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 7 sitting punct 4 Grandma Grandma PROPN Number=Sing 7 sitting nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 sitting aux 6 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 7 sitting aux 7 sitting sit VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Mum conj 8 for for ADP _ 10 years case 9 75 75 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 10 years nummod 10 years year NOUN Number=Plur 7 sitting obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 1 Mum punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sit in a quote present · progressive Grandma year vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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: She's basically a sitting expert."
nsubj cop advmod det amod punct punct root She PRON 's AUX basically ADV a DET sitting VERB expert NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 expert nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 expert cop 3 basically basically ADV _ 6 expert advmod 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 expert det 5 sitting sit VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 expert amod 6 expert expert NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 expert punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 6 expert punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sit gerund vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a present Grandma a sitting expert basically property tree rules
Sentence 3: Joke aside, how should you judge Grandma's advice?
advmod punct advmod aux nsubj parataxis nmod:poss case obj punct root Joke VERB aside ADV , PUNCT how ADV should AUX you PRON judge VERB Grandma PROPN 's PART advice NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Joke joke VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 aside aside ADV _ 1 Joke advmod 3 , , PUNCT _ 7 judge punct 4 how how ADV PronType=Int 7 judge advmod 5 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 judge aux 6 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 judge nsubj 7 judge judge VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Joke parataxis 8 Grandma Grandma PROPN Number=Sing 10 advice nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 Grandma case 10 advice advice NOUN Number=Sing 7 judge obj 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 Joke punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 joke speech: other imperative you not said here aside property vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 judge should you Grandma's advice vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent advice=Value
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Ask the youngest person in the house instead
det amod obj case det obl advmod root Ask VERB the DET youngest ADJ person NOUN in ADP the DET house NOUN instead ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ask ask VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 person det 3 youngest young ADJ Degree=Sup 4 person amod 4 person person NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ask obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 house case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 house det 7 house house NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ask obl 8 instead instead ADV _ 1 Ask advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask imperative you not said here the youngest person the house instead property vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient
Option 2 Accept it because she is old
obj mark nsubj cop advcl root Accept VERB it PRON because SCONJ she PRON is AUX old ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Accept accept VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Accept obj 3 because because SCONJ _ 6 old mark 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 old nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 old cop 6 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Accept advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 accept imperative you not said here it vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 2 is present she old property tree rules
Option 3 Reject it because she is old
obj mark nsubj cop advcl root Reject VERB it PRON because SCONJ she PRON is AUX old ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Reject reject VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Reject obj 3 because because SCONJ _ 6 old mark 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 old nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 old cop 6 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Reject advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 reject imperative you not said here it vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 2 is present she old property tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Check the claim against the evidence
det obj case det obl root Check VERB the DET claim NOUN against ADP the DET evidence NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Check check VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 claim det 3 claim claim NOUN Number=Sing 1 Check obj 4 against against ADP _ 6 evidence case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 evidence det 6 evidence evidence NOUN Number=Sing 1 Check obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 check imperative you not said here the claim against the evidence vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme
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