Test 7 · ★ · Playing fair and cheating in games
A girl loses a race at sports day. Which reaction makes others want to play with her?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, reaction, others · What happens: lose, make, want, play · To what, where: race, others
This is test 7 · ★ 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 loses a race at sports day.
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 | 3 loses | nsubj |
| 3 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 race | det |
| 5 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 loses | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 7 | sports | sport | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 day | compound |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 loses | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 loses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | a girl | a race | day | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality |
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 reaction makes others want to play with her?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 reaction | det |
| 2 | reaction | reaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 play | mark |
| 7 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 want | xcomp |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 play | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | which reaction | others | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | infinitive | others not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | play not said to happen | to-infinitive | others not said here | with reaction | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with she=Co-Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Crying and refusing to race again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 refusing | advcl |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 1 Crying | cc |
| 3 | refusing | refuse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 race | mark |
| 5 | race | race | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 refusing | xcomp |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 race | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | refuse | gerund | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | not race | to-infinitive | again | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Congratulating the winner and saying she will try again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congratulating | congratulate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 winner | det |
| 3 | winner | winner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Congratulating | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 saying | cc |
| 5 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Congratulating | conj |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 try | nsubj |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 try | aux |
| 8 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 saying | ccomp |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 try | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | congratulate | gerund | the winner | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent winner=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | try | future | she | again | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Saying the winner started too early
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 started | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 winner | det |
| 3 | winner | winner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 started | nsubj |
| 4 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 early | advmod |
| 6 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 started | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | start | past | early property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4
Saying the race was much too short to count and should be run again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 short | csubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 race | det |
| 3 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Saying | obj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 short | cop |
| 5 | much | much | ADV | _ | 7 short | advmod |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 short | advmod |
| 7 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 count | mark |
| 9 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 short | advcl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 run | cc |
| 11 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 run | aux |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 run | aux:pass |
| 13 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 short | conj |
| 14 | again | again | ADV | _ | 13 run | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | the race | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent race=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is | past | Saying | short property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | count | to-infinitive | Saying not said here | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | run | should · passive | Saying not said here | again | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V» |
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