Test 10 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness
The new kid says rules at school are pointless. What is a good answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: new kid, rules · What happens: say, be · To what, where: good answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 33 «Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness» 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: The new kid says rules at school are pointless.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 kid | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kid | amod |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 pointless | nsubj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 school | case |
| 7 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rules | nmod |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 pointless | cop |
| 9 | pointless | pointless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the new kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | rules at school | pointless property | 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: What is a good answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 answer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 answer | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They help everyone live and learn together safely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 help | nsubj |
| 2 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 help | obj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 help | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 learn | cc |
| 6 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 live | conj |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 6 learn | advmod |
| 8 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 6 learn | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | They | everyone | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | live | infinitive | everyone not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | learn | infinitive | everyone not said here | safely, together property | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
They only matter when the head is watching
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 matter | advmod |
| 3 | matter | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 watching | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 head | det |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 watching | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 watching | aux |
| 8 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 matter | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | They | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | watch | present · progressive | the head | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
They are there to make teachers feel powerful and important
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 there | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 there | cop |
| 3 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 there | advcl |
| 6 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 make | xcomp |
| 8 | powerful | powerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feel | xcomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 important | cc |
| 10 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 powerful | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | They not said here | teachers | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | feel | infinitive | teachers not said here | powerful property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
They are pointless, so you can ignore them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pointless | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 pointless | cop |
| 3 | pointless | pointless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 ignore | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 ignore | advmod |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 ignore | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 ignore | aux |
| 8 | ignore | ignore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 pointless | conj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 ignore | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | pointless property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ignore | can | you | them = they | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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