Test 4 · ★ · Sharing toys and playing board games fairly
Two children at the beach both want the only bucket. Which idea is fairest?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Two children, idea · What happens: want, be · To what, where: only bucket
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 242 «Sharing toys and playing board games fairly» 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: Two children at the beach both want the only bucket.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 children | nummod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 want | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 beach | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 beach | det |
| 5 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 children | nmod |
| 6 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 7 want | cc:preconj |
| 7 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bucket | det |
| 9 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bucket | amod |
| 10 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 want | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Two children at the beach | the only bucket | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bucket=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: Which idea is fairest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 idea | det |
| 2 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fairest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fairest | cop |
| 4 | fairest | fair | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fairest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which idea | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The one who shouts the loudest gets it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 shouts | nsubj |
| 4 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 one | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 loudest | det |
| 6 | loudest | loud | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 shouts | obj |
| 7 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | the one | the loudest | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loud=Topic | ||||
| 2 | get | present | the one | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2
Throw the bucket in the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bucket | det |
| 3 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 sea | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sea | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | the bucket | the sea | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent bucket=Theme in sea=Destination |
Option 3
The stronger one takes it and keeps it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 one | det |
| 2 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 one | amod |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 takes | nsubj |
| 4 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 takes | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 keeps | cc |
| 7 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 takes | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 keeps | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | the stronger one | it | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | keep | present | the stronger one not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Take turns, or build the castle together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | turns | turn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Take | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 build | punct |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 build | cc |
| 5 | build | build | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 castle | det |
| 7 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 build | obj |
| 8 | together | together | ADV | _ | 5 build | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | turns | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme | ||||
| 2 | build | infinitive | you not said here | the castle | together property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset castle=Product |
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