Test 6 · Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure…
Jake says: "'Lady Luck' is a real woman who gives out prizes, right?" Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jake, Lady Luck, real woman, Luck · What happens: say, be, give out · To what, where: real woman, prizes · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 of lesson 32 «Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure and mistakes» of the euphemisms 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: Jake says: "'Lady Luck' is a real woman who gives out prizes, right?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 woman | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Luck | punct |
| 5 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 4 " | case |
| 6 | Lady | Lady | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Luck | compound |
| 7 | Luck | Luck | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 woman | nsubj |
| 8 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 Luck | punct |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 woman | cop |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 woman | det |
| 11 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 woman | amod |
| 12 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 gives | nsubj |
| 14 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 woman | acl:relcl |
| 15 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 gives | compound:prt |
| 16 | prizes | prize | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 gives | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 right | punct |
| 18 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 12 woman | discourse |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 woman | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 woman | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | present | Jake | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Lady Luck | a real woman | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give out in a quote | present | a real woman | prizes | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent prize=Theme |
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 he right?
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 right | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Luck | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, she runs the lottery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 runs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 runs | nsubj |
| 4 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lottery | det |
| 6 | lottery | lottery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 runs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | she | the lottery | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lottery=Trajectory |
Option 2
No, it is a horse's name
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 name | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 name | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 name | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 horse | det |
| 6 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 name | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 horse | case |
| 8 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a horse's name | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it means chance or fortune
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 fortune | cc |
| 7 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chance | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | chance or fortune | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Topic |
Option 4
Yes, she is a famous singer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 singer | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 singer | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 singer | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 singer | det |
| 6 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 singer | amod |
| 7 | singer | singer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | she | a famous singer | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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