Test 8 · Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit
Kai says "chur, they stole it and got 10k likes" (chur here means cheers, said sarcastically). Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kai, they, chur · What happens: say, steal, get, mean, be · To what, where: chur, k likes, cheers · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 35 «Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit» 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: Kai says "chur, they stole it and got 10k likes" (chur here means cheers, said sarcastically).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 chur | punct |
| 4 | chur | chur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 stole | punct |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 stole | nsubj |
| 7 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | parataxis |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 stole | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 got | cc |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 stole | conj |
| 11 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 k | compound |
| 12 | k | thousand | NUM | Abbr=Yes NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 likes | nummod |
| 13 | likes | like | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 got | obj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 stole | punct |
| 15 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 18 means | punct |
| 16 | chur | chur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 means | nsubj |
| 17 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 chur | advmod |
| 18 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | parataxis |
| 19 | cheers | cheer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 means | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 said | punct |
| 21 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 means | conj |
| 22 | sarcastically | sarcastically | ADV | _ | 21 said | advmod |
| 23 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 18 means | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Kai | chur | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | steal in a quote | past | they | chur | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get in a quote | past | they not said here | k likes | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer like=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | mean | present | chur | cheers | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheer=Topic | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | chur not said here | sarcastically property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
All the likes go to the real artist automatically anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 likes | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 likes | det |
| 3 | likes | like | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 go | nsubj |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 artist | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 artist | det |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 artist | amod |
| 8 | artist | artist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| 9 | automatically | automatically | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 10 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | all likes | the real artist | anyway, automatically property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to artist=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Once any art is posted online, it belongs to anyone who finds it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Once | once | SCONJ | _ | 5 posted | mark |
| 2 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 art | det |
| 3 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 posted | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 posted | aux:pass |
| 5 | posted | post | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 belongs | advcl |
| 6 | online | online | ADV | _ | 5 posted | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 posted | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 belongs | nsubj |
| 9 | belongs | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 anyone | case |
| 11 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 belongs | obl |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 finds | nsubj |
| 13 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 finds | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | post | present · passive | any art | online property | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | belong | present | art | to anyone | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | find | present | art | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He keeps the right to credit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 right | det |
| 4 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keeps | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 credit | mark |
| 6 | credit | credit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 right | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | He | the right | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Theme |
Option 4
Likes go to the artist
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Likes | like | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 go | nsubj |
| 2 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 artist | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 artist | det |
| 5 | artist | artist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Likes | the artist | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to artist=Initial_Location |
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