Test 8 · ★ · Playing fair and cheating in games
In a game of tag in Sydney, Jack feels a light touch on his back. What is honest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jack · What happens: feel, be · To what, where: light touch, game
This is test 8 · ★ 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: In a game of tag in Sydney, Jack feels a light touch on his back.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 feels | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 tag | case |
| 5 | tag | tag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 game | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Sydney | case |
| 7 | Sydney | Sydney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 tag | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 game | punct |
| 9 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 feels | nsubj |
| 10 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 touch | det |
| 12 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 touch | amod |
| 13 | touch | touch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 feels | obj |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 back | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 back | nmod:poss |
| 16 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 touch | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 feels | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | Jack | a light touch | a game of tag in Sydney | on Jack's back | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent touch=Theme in game=Location |
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 honest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 honest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 honest | cop |
| 3 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 honest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | honest property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Admit he was tagged and become «it»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admit | admit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tagged | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tagged | aux:pass |
| 4 | tagged | tag | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Admit | ccomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 become | cc |
| 6 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Admit | conj |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 it | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 become | obl |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Admit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | imperative | you not said here | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | tag | past · passive | he | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | |||||
| 3 | become | infinitive | you not said here | it | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Say he was in a safe zone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 zone | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 zone | cop |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 zone | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 zone | det |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 zone | amod |
| 7 | zone | zone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | ccomp |
| # | 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 that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | he | a safe zone | tree rules |
Option 3
Say it was too soft to count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 soft | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 soft | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 soft | advmod |
| 5 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 count | mark |
| 7 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 soft | advcl |
| # | 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 that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | it | soft property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | count | to-infinitive | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Keep running so that nobody can be sure whether it really counted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 8 sure | mark |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 3 so | fixed |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 sure | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 sure | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 sure | cop |
| 8 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | advcl |
| 9 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 12 counted | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 counted | nsubj |
| 11 | really | really | ADV | _ | 12 counted | advmod |
| 12 | counted | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sure | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | run | gerund | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is | can | nobody | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | count | past | it | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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