Test 5 · Check the claim, not the person Ava: "My mum studies frogs, not weather. And I'm not my mum, babe." What is she pointing out?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ava, I, mum · What happens: study, not be, point out · To what, where: frogs, mum
This is test 5 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: Ava: "My mum studies frogs, not weather.
nsubj punct punct nmod:poss nsubj obj punct advmod conj punct root Ava PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT My PRON mum NOUN studies VERB frogs NOUN , PUNCT not PART weather NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ava Ava PROPN Number=Sing 6 studies nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 6 studies punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 studies punct 4 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 mum nmod:poss 5 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 6 studies nsubj 6 studies study VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 frogs frog NOUN Number=Plur 6 studies obj 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 weather punct 9 not not PART Polarity=Neg 10 weather advmod 10 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 7 frogs conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 studies punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 study in a quote present Ava frogs and weather vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Topic
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: And I'm not my mum, babe."
cc nsubj cop advmod nmod:poss punct conj punct punct root And CCONJ I PRON 'm AUX not PART my PRON mum NOUN , PUNCT babe NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 And and CCONJ _ 6 mum cc 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 mum nsubj 3 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 mum cop 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 mum advmod 5 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 mum nmod:poss 6 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 babe punct 8 babe babe NOUN Number=Sing 6 mum conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 mum punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 6 mum punct
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1 not is a present I my mum and babe tree rules
Sentence 3: What is she pointing out?
obj aux nsubj compound:prt punct root What PRON is AUX she PRON pointing VERB out ADP ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 pointing obj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 pointing aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 pointing nsubj 4 pointing point VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 out out ADP _ 4 pointing compound:prt 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 pointing punct
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1 point out present · progressive mum vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Frogs predict the weather perfectly
nsubj det obj advmod root Frogs NOUN predict VERB the DET weather NOUN perfectly ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Frogs frog NOUN Number=Plur 2 predict nsubj 2 predict predict VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 weather det 4 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 2 predict obj 5 perfectly perfectly ADV _ 2 predict advmod
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1 predict present Frogs the weather perfectly property vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot weather=Topic
Option 2 Children can't talk about weather
nsubj aux advmod case obl root Children NOUN ca AUX n't PART talk VERB about ADP weather NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Children child NOUN Number=Plur 4 talk nsubj 2 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 talk aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 talk advmod 4 talk talk VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 about about ADP _ 6 weather case 6 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 4 talk obl
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1 not talk can Children about weather vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about weather=Topic
Option 3 Her mum is really a weather scientist
nmod:poss nsubj cop advmod det compound root Her PRON mum NOUN is AUX really ADV a DET weather NOUN scientist NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mum nmod:poss 2 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 7 scientist nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 scientist cop 4 really really ADV _ 7 scientist advmod 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 scientist det 6 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 7 scientist compound 7 scientist scientist NOUN Number=Sing root root
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1 is a present Her mum a weather scientist tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Borrowed expertise doesn't make her a weather expert
amod nsubj aux advmod obj det compound xcomp root Borrowed VERB expertise NOUN does AUX n't PART make VERB her PRON a DET weather NOUN expert NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Borrowed borrow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 expertise amod 2 expertise expertise NOUN Number=Sing 5 make nsubj 3 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 make aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 make advmod 5 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 make obj 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 expert det 8 weather weather NOUN Number=Sing 9 expert compound 9 expert expert NOUN Number=Sing 5 make xcomp
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1 borrow participle vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 not make present · do-support Borrowed expertise her = she vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product
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