Test 6 · ★ · Sore backs, glasses and feeling low
Two neighbours gossip: "He's off with stress again, bone idle that one." Why is this unfair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: He, this · What happens: be
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 22 «Sore backs, glasses and feeling low» of the adult life 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: Two neighbours gossip: "He's off with stress again, bone idle that one."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 neighbours | nummod |
| 2 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gossip | compound |
| 3 | gossip | gossip | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 gossip | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 stress | punct |
| 6 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 stress | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 stress | cop |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 's | compound:prt |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 stress | case |
| 10 | stress | stress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gossip | appos |
| 11 | again | again | ADV | _ | 10 stress | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bone | punct |
| 13 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stress | conj |
| 14 | idle | idle | ADP | _ | 16 one | case |
| 15 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 one | det |
| 16 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bone | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 stress | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 stress | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | He | again | with stress and bone idle that one | 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: Why is this unfair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 unfair | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 unfair | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 unfair | nsubj |
| 4 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 unfair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | unfair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is fair, stress is never a good reason to stop working
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 | 3 fair | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fair | cop |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 reason | punct |
| 5 | stress | stress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 reason | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 reason | cop |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 reason | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 reason | det |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 reason | amod |
| 10 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fair | parataxis |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 stop | mark |
| 12 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 reason | acl |
| 13 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not is a | present | stress | a good reason | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stop | to-infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 4 | work | gerund | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Stress and burnout are real reasons to need rest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stress | stress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reasons | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 burnout | cc |
| 3 | burnout | burnout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stress | conj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 reasons | cop |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 reasons | amod |
| 6 | reasons | reason | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 need | mark |
| 8 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 reasons | acl |
| 9 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Stress and burnout | real reasons | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | to-infinitive | rest | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rest=Theme |
Option 3
It is unfair because neighbours are never right
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 | 3 unfair | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unfair | cop |
| 3 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 right | mark |
| 5 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 right | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 right | cop |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 right | advmod |
| 8 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 unfair | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | unfair property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is | present | neighbours | right property | tree rules |
Option 4
It is unfair because he is just on holiday
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 | 3 unfair | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unfair | cop |
| 3 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 holiday | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 holiday | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 holiday | cop |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 holiday | advmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 holiday | case |
| 9 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 unfair | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | unfair property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | holiday | tree rules |
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