Test 1 · ★ · Playing fair and cheating in games
A girl in Toronto notices the other team scored a point that should not count, in a game of rounders. What is the calm approach?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, other team, point, calm approach · What happens: notice, score, not count, be · To what, where: point, game · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 200 «Playing fair and cheating in games» of the everyday 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: A girl in Toronto notices the other team scored a point that should not count, in a game of rounders.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 notices | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Toronto | case |
| 4 | Toronto | Toronto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | notices | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 team | det |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 team | amod |
| 8 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 scored | nsubj |
| 9 | scored | score | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 notices | ccomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 point | det |
| 11 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 scored | obj |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 count | nsubj |
| 13 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 count | aux |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 count | advmod |
| 15 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 point | acl:relcl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 game | punct |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 game | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 game | det |
| 19 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 scored | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 rounders | case |
| 21 | rounders | rounder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 game | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 notices | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | present | a girl in Toronto | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | score | past | the other team | a point | a game of rounders | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Theme | |||
| 3 | not count | should | a point | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=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 is the calm approach?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 approach | det |
| 4 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 approach | amod |
| 5 | approach | approach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the calm approach | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Quit the game straight away without saying anything to anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quit | quit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Quit | obj |
| 4 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 5 away | advmod |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Quit | advmod |
| 6 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 7 saying | mark |
| 7 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Quit | advcl |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 saying | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 anyone | case |
| 10 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 saying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quit | imperative | you not said here | the game | away property | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Source | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | you not said here | anything | anyone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Topic to anyone=Recipient |
Option 2
Shout that they are cheaters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 cheaters | mark |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cheaters | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cheaters | cop |
| 5 | cheaters | cheater | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Shout | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | they | cheaters | tree rules |
Option 3
Secretly add a point to her own team
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 2 add | advmod |
| 2 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 point | det |
| 4 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 add | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 team | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 team | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 team | amod |
| 8 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 add | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a point | to her own team; secretly property | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent point=Patient to team=Co-Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Say what she saw politely and suggest checking together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 saw | obj |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 5 | politely | politely | ADV | _ | 4 saw | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 suggest | cc |
| 7 | suggest | suggest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 8 | checking | check | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 suggest | xcomp |
| 9 | together | together | ADV | _ | 8 checking | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | see | past | she | politely property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | suggest speech: suggest | present | she not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | check | gerund | she not said here | together property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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