Test 8 · ★ · Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel The boys' mate: "Bro, last week you said Australia was in Europe. Calm down." What is he reminding them?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Australia, you · What happens: say, be, calm down, remind · To what, where: Europe, Bro · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 190 «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» 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: The boys' mate: "Bro, last week you said Australia was in Europe.
det nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nsubj punct amod conj nsubj nsubj cop case ccomp punct root The DET boys NOUN ' PART mate NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Bro NOUN , PUNCT last ADJ week NOUN you PRON said VERB Australia PROPN was AUX in ADP Europe PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 boys det 2 boys boy NOUN Number=Plur 4 mate nmod:poss 3 ' 's PART _ 2 boys case 4 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 12 said nsubj 5 : : PUNCT _ 7 Bro punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 7 Bro punct 7 Bro bro NOUN Number=Sing 12 said nsubj 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 week punct 9 last last ADJ Degree=Pos 10 week amod 10 week week NOUN Number=Sing 7 Bro conj 11 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 12 said nsubj 12 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 13 Australia Australia PROPN Number=Sing 16 Europe nsubj 14 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 16 Europe cop 15 in in ADP _ 16 Europe case 16 Europe Europe PROPN Number=Sing 12 said ccomp 17 . . PUNCT _ 12 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert in a quote past the boys's mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote past Australia Europe tree rules
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: Calm down."
compound:prt punct punct root Calm VERB down ADP . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Calm calm VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 down down ADP _ 1 Calm compound:prt 3 . . PUNCT _ 1 Calm punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 1 Calm punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 calm down imperative you not said here vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is he reminding them?
obj aux nsubj obj punct root What PRON is AUX he PRON reminding VERB them PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 reminding obj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 reminding aux 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 reminding nsubj 4 reminding remind VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 reminding obj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 reminding punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 remind speech: other present · progressive Australia Bro tree rules
The options Option 1 Laughing at people is fine
csubj case obl cop root Laughing VERB at ADP people NOUN is AUX fine ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Laughing laugh VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 fine csubj 2 at at ADP _ 3 people case 3 people people NOUN Number=Plur 1 Laughing obl 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 fine cop 5 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh gerund at people vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present Laughing fine property tree rules
Option 2 Australia really is in Europe, near Austria
advmod cop case conj punct case conj root Australia PROPN really ADV is AUX in ADP Europe PROPN , PUNCT near ADP Austria PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Australia Australia PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 really really ADV _ 5 Europe advmod 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 Europe cop 4 in in ADP _ 5 Europe case 5 Europe Europe PROPN Number=Sing 1 Australia conj 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 Austria punct 7 near near ADP _ 8 Austria case 8 Austria Austria PROPN Number=Sing 1 Australia conj
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1 is present Europe tree rules
Option 3 Jade is always wrong
nsubj cop advmod root Jade NOUN is AUX always ADV wrong ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jade jade NOUN Number=Sing 4 wrong nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 wrong cop 3 always always ADV PronType=Tot 4 wrong advmod 4 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Jade always, wrong property tree rules
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Everyone gets things wrong sometimes
nsubj obj xcomp advmod root Everyone PRON gets VERB things NOUN wrong ADJ sometimes ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 2 gets nsubj 2 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 2 gets obj 4 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 2 gets xcomp 5 sometimes sometimes ADV PronType=Ind 2 gets advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present Everyone things sometimes, wrong property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
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