Test 7 · ★ · Sharing toys and playing board games fairly
A beginner in chess captures lots of pieces but loses. What did he forget?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: beginner · What happens: lose, forget
This is test 7 · ★ 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: A beginner in chess captures lots of pieces but loses.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 beginner | det |
| 2 | beginner | beginner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 loses | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 captures | case |
| 4 | chess | chess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 captures | compound |
| 5 | captures | capture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 beginner | nmod |
| 6 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 captures | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 pieces | case |
| 8 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lots | nmod |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 loses | cc |
| 10 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 loses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | a beginner in chess captures and lots of pieces | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 did he forget?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 forget | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 forget | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 forget | nsubj |
| 4 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 forget | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past · do-support | beginner | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Pawns are worth the most points
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pawns | pawn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 worth | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 worth | cop |
| 3 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 points | det |
| 5 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 points | amod |
| 6 | points | point | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 worth | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Pawns | worth property | tree rules |
Option 2
The queen can never be captured by the other player
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 queen | det |
| 2 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 captured | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 captured | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 captured | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 captured | aux:pass |
| 6 | captured | capture | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 player | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 player | det |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 player | amod |
| 10 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 captured | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not capture | can · passive | the other player | the queen | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 3
Chess is won by whoever has more pieces left at the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chess | chess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 won | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 won | aux:pass |
| 3 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 6 has | mark |
| 5 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 won | ccomp |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 pieces | amod |
| 8 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 has | obj |
| 9 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 pieces | acl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 end | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 end | det |
| 12 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present · passive | Chess | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | have | present | whoever | more pieces | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Patient | ||||
| 3 | leave | participle | more pieces not said here | at the end | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The goal is checkmate, not capturing everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 goal | det |
| 2 | goal | goal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 checkmate | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 checkmate | cop |
| 4 | checkmate | checkmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 capturing | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 capturing | advmod |
| 7 | capturing | capture | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 checkmate | conj |
| 8 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 capturing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the goal | checkmate | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not capture | gerund | the goal not said here | everything | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |
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