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Test 4 · ★ · Police, courts and prison

Kids in the playground: "Jake took my rubber, everyone says so, so he gets detention." What would a fair court do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kids, everyone, Jake, fair court · What happens: take, say, get, do · To what, where: rubber, detention · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 30 «Police, courts and prison» 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: Kids in the playground: "Jake took my rubber, everyone says so, so he gets detention."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 took	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 playground	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 playground	det
4	playground	playground	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kids	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 took	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 took	punct
7	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 took	nsubj
8	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 rubber	nmod:poss
10	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 took	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 took	parataxis
14	so	so	ADV	_	13 says	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 gets	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	18 gets	advmod
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 gets	nsubj
18	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 took	parataxis
19	detention	detention	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 gets	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 gets	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take in a quote	past	Kids in the playground	my rubber					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rubber=Theme
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	everyone						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	get in a quote	present	Jake	detention					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer detention=Stimulus

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: What would a fair court do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 court	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 court	amod
5	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	would	a fair court						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Punish Jake because everyone in the class already says he did it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Punish	punish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Punish	obj
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 says	mark
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 says	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 class	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 class	det
7	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 everyone	nmod
8	already	already	ADV	_	9 says	advmod
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Punish	advcl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 did	nsubj
11	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 says	ccomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 did	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	imperative	you not said here	Jake					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jake=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present	everyone						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do	past	Jake	class					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

Punish the one who shouts the loudest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Punish	punish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 one	det
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Punish	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 shouts	nsubj
5	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 one	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 loudest	det
7	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 shouts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punish	imperative	you not said here	the one					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
2	shout speech: express	present	the one	the loudest					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loud=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Hear both sides and look at the evidence first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 sides	det
3	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hear	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 look	cc
5	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hear	conj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 evidence	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 evidence	det
8	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	imperative	you not said here	both sides					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer side=Stimulus
2	look	infinitive	you not said here					at the evidence; first property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at evidence=Theme

Option 4

Ask the tallest pupil to decide

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 pupil	det
3	tallest	tall	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 pupil	amod
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 decide	mark
6	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		the tallest pupil				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pupil=Recipient
2	decide	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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