Test 5 · ★★ · Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no eithe… Ava: "I never said that! The pizza could be hotter, that's all. Your mum's custard is legendary." What did she do well?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ava, pizza, custard · What happens: not say, be, do · To what, where: that · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 189 «Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or» 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: "I never said that!
nsubj punct punct nsubj advmod obj punct root Ava PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT I PRON never ADV said VERB that PRON ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ava Ava PROPN Number=Sing 6 said nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 6 said punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 said punct 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 said nsubj 5 never never ADV PronType=Neg 6 said advmod 6 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 6 said obj 8 ! ! PUNCT _ 6 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not say speech: assert in a quote past Ava that vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=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: The pizza could be hotter, that's all.
det nsubj aux cop punct nsubj cop obl punct root The DET pizza NOUN could AUX be AUX hotter ADJ , PUNCT that PRON 's AUX all DET . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 pizza det 2 pizza pizza NOUN Number=Sing 5 hotter nsubj 3 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 hotter aux 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 hotter cop 5 hotter hot ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 all punct 7 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 all nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 all cop 9 all all DET PronType=Tot 5 hotter obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 hotter punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is could the pizza all obl ; hot property tree rules
Sentence 3: Your mum's custard is legendary."
nmod:poss nmod:poss case nsubj cop punct punct root Your PRON mum NOUN 's PART custard NOUN is AUX legendary ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mum nmod:poss 2 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 4 custard nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 mum case 4 custard custard NOUN Number=Sing 6 legendary nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 legendary cop 6 legendary legendary ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 legendary punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 6 legendary punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Your mum's custard legendary property tree rules
Sentence 4: What did she do well?
obj aux nsubj advmod punct root What PRON did AUX she PRON do VERB well ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 well well ADV Degree=Pos 4 do advmod 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do past · do-support Ava well property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Agreed that the dinners are perfect
mark det nsubj cop advcl root Agreed VERB that SCONJ the DET dinners NOUN are AUX perfect ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Agreed agree VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 that that SCONJ _ 6 perfect mark 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 dinners det 4 dinners dinner NOUN Number=Plur 6 perfect nsubj 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 perfect cop 6 perfect perfect ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Agreed advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 agree speech: agree past vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present the dinners perfect property tree rules
Option 2 Blamed the dinner lady
det compound obj root Blamed VERB the DET dinner NOUN lady NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Blamed blame VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 lady det 3 dinner dinner NOUN Number=Sing 4 lady compound 4 lady lady NOUN Number=Sing 1 Blamed obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 blame past the dinner lady vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Theme
Option 3 Took back everything she had said
advmod obj nsubj aux acl:relcl root Took VERB back ADV everything PRON she PRON had AUX said VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 back back ADV _ 1 Took advmod 3 everything everything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 1 Took obj 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 said nsubj 5 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 said aux 6 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 3 everything acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take back past everything vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme 2 say speech: assert past · perfect she vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Said exactly what she meant without attacking a person
amod advmod nsubj acl:relcl mark advcl det obj root Said VERB exactly ADV what PRON she PRON meant VERB without SCONJ attacking VERB a DET person NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 what amod 2 exactly exactly ADV _ 3 what advmod 3 what what PRON PronType=Int root root 4 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 meant nsubj 5 meant mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 what acl:relcl 6 without without SCONJ _ 7 attacking mark 7 attacking attack VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 meant advcl 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 person det 9 person person NOUN Number=Sing 7 attacking obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert participle vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 mean past she vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 3 attack gerund she not said here a person vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient
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