Test 4 · ★ · Neighbours, the council, rules and fairness
Your little sister has a broken arm and gets help cutting her food, but you don't. Is that fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little sister, you, that · What happens: have, break, be, cut, not do · To what, where: broken arm, food
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Your little sister has a broken arm and gets help cutting her food, but you don't.
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 | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sister | amod |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 arm | det |
| 6 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 arm | amod |
| 7 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 help | cc |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 help | cop |
| 10 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 has | conj |
| 11 | cutting | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 help | xcomp |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 food | nmod:poss |
| 13 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cutting | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 do | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 do | cc |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 do | nsubj |
| 17 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 help | conj |
| 18 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 do | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Your little sister | a broken arm | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | ||||
| 2 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | Your little sister not said here | help property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | cut | gerund | Your little sister not said here | sister's food | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset food=Product | ||||
| 5 | not do | present | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: Is that fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fair | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 fair | nsubj |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, fair can mean getting what you need
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 mean | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | fair | fair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | aux |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 mean | xcomp |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 need | obj |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 need | nsubj |
| 9 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 getting | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | can | fair | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get not said to happen | gerund | fair not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | need | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
Option 2
No, fair means everybody gets the same
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 fair | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | everybody | everybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 same | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | fair | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get | present | everybody | the same | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer same=Stimulus |
Option 3
No, she should cut yours too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 cut | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cut | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 cut | aux |
| 5 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 cut | obj |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 cut | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | should | she | yours | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent your=Product |
Option 4
Yes, because younger children always win
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 win | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 win | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 win | mark |
| 4 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 children | amod |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 win | nsubj |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 win | advmod |
| 7 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | younger children | always property | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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