Test 9 · ★ · Practising when you would rather not
Ivy says, "No pain no gain, eh." What should she know?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ivy, gain · What happens: say, pain, know · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 3 «Practising when you would rather not» of the arts 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: Ivy says, "No pain no gain, eh."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivy | Ivy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 pain | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 pain | punct |
| 5 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 pain | det |
| 6 | pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | obj |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 gain | det |
| 8 | gain | gain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pain | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 eh | punct |
| 10 | eh | eh | INTJ | _ | 6 pain | discourse |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 pain | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 pain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ivy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | pain in a quote | no gain | 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 should she know?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 know | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 know | nsubj |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | should | gain | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Pain means she is practising well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 practising | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 practising | aux |
| 5 | practising | practise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 practising | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Pain | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | practise | present · progressive | Pain | well property | tree rules |
Option 2
Pain always goes away by itself if she keeps playing for longer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 goes | advmod |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 goes | advmod |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 itself | case |
| 6 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 goes | obl |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 keeps | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 keeps | nsubj |
| 9 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 goes | advcl |
| 10 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 keeps | xcomp |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 longer | case |
| 12 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 playing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go away | present | Pain | by Pain; always, away property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by itself=Location | ||||
| 2 | keep a condition, not said to happen | present | she | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | play | gerund | she not said here | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for long=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Pain from playing is a warning, not a reward
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pain | pain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 warning | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 playing | case |
| 3 | playing | playing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pain | nmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 warning | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 warning | det |
| 6 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 reward | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 reward | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 reward | det |
| 10 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 warning | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Pain from playing | a warning and a reward | tree rules |
Option 4
Only beginners get hurt from playing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 beginners | advmod |
| 2 | beginners | beginner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hurt | aux:pass |
| 4 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 playing | case |
| 6 | playing | playing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hurt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present · passive | beginners | playing | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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