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Test 5 · Being bad at something and keeping going

Your Gen Z cousin says the Jordan story means "the GOAT was mid as a kid" ("mid" means average). Which is fairer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Z cousin, Jordan story, mid · What happens: say, mean, mi, be · To what, where: GOAT, average · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 of lesson 37 «Being bad at something and keeping going» 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: Your Gen Z cousin says the Jordan story means "the GOAT was mid as a kid" ("mid" means average).

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	4 cousin	nmod:poss
2	Gen	gen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Z	compound
3	Z	z	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cousin	compound
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 story	det
7	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 story	compound
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 mid	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 GOAT	det
12	GOAT	GOAT	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 mid	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 mid	aux:pass
14	mid	mi	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 means	ccomp
15	as	as	ADP	_	17 kid	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 kid	det
17	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 mid	obl
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 mid	punct
19	(	(	PUNCT	_	23 means	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 mid	punct
21	mid	mid	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 means	nsubj
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 mid	punct
23	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 means	parataxis
24	average	average	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 means	obj
25	)	)	PUNCT	_	23 means	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your Z cousin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present	the Jordan story						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	mi in a quote	past · passive		the GOAT				as a kid	tree rules
4	mean	present	mid	average					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent average=Topic

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 fairer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 fairer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fairer	cop
3	fairer	fair	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fairer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fair property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The story proves that he was never any good at basketball

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 story	det
2	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proves	nsubj
3	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 good	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 good	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 good	cop
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 good	advmod
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 good	det
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 proves	ccomp
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 basketball	case
11	basketball	basketball	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 good	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	the story						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	not is	past	story			basketball		good property	tree rules

Option 2

He gave up basketball and became famous at something else

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 gave	compound:prt
4	basketball	basketball	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 became	cc
6	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	conj
7	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 became	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 something	case
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 became	obl
10	else	else	ADV	_	9 something	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	past	He	basketball					vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basketball=Source
2	become	past	He not said here			something		famous property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

He was the best player in the world at the age of five

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	5 player	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 player	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 player	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 player	amod
5	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 world	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 world	det
8	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 player	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 age	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 age	det
11	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 player	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 five	case
13	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 age	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	the best player		the world	at the age of five		tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is reported he was not picked at 15 and then practised hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reported	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reported	aux:pass
3	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 picked	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 picked	aux:pass
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 picked	advmod
7	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reported	ccomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 15	case
9	15	15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 picked	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 practised	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 practised	advmod
12	practised	practise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reported	conj
13	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 practised	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	present · passive		It					vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
2	not pick	past · passive		he		15			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at 15=Asset
3	practise	participle					then	hard property	tree rules

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