Test 9 · ★ · Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa
Dad: "Two pop stars at war online again, I bet their managers love it." What does Dad suspect?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Dad · What happens: bet, love, suspect · To what, where: war
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 53 «Breakfast and chat shows: celebrity gossip on the sofa» 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: Dad: "Two pop stars at war online again, I bet their managers love it."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 love | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 stars | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 stars | punct |
| 4 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 stars | nummod |
| 5 | pop | pop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stars | compound |
| 6 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Dad | acl:relcl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 war | case |
| 8 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stars | nmod |
| 9 | online | online | ADV | _ | 10 again | advmod |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 war | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bet | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 bet | nsubj |
| 13 | bet | bet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 love | parataxis |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 managers | nmod:poss |
| 15 | managers | manager | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 love | nsubj |
| 16 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 love | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 love | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 love | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bet in a quote | present | I | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | love in a quote | present | Dad | war | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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 does Dad suspect?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 suspect | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 suspect | aux |
| 3 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 suspect | nsubj |
| 4 | suspect | suspect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 suspect | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suspect | present · do-support | Dad | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Pop stars are not allowed online at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pop | pop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stars | compound |
| 2 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 allowed | aux:pass |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 allowed | advmod |
| 5 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | online | online | ADV | _ | 5 allowed | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 allowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Pop stars | all | online property | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
Option 2
The war is between two real countries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 war | det |
| 2 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 countries | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 countries | cop |
| 4 | between | between | ADP | _ | 7 countries | case |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 countries | nummod |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 countries | amod |
| 7 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the war | between two real countries | tree rules |
Option 3
The managers are fighting each other too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 managers | det |
| 2 | managers | manager | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fighting | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fighting | aux |
| 4 | fighting | fight | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 4 fighting | obj |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 each | fixed |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 fighting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | present · progressive | the managers | each | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The feud may be helping them get attention
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 feud | det |
| 2 | feud | feud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 helping | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 helping | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 helping | aux |
| 5 | helping | help | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 helping | obj |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 helping | xcomp |
| 8 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | may · progressive | the feud | them = they | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | them = they not said here | attention | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus |
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