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Test 8 · ★ · Sharing toys and playing board games fairly

A boy keeps peeking at his friend's cards. Why is that wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, that · What happens: keep, peek, be

This is test 8 · ★ 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 boy keeps peeking at his friend's cards.

detnsubjxcompcasenmod:possnmod:posscaseoblpunctrootADETboyNOUNkeepsVERBpeekingVERBatADPhisPRONfriendNOUN'sPARTcardsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 boydet
2boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing3 keepsnsubj
3keepskeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4peekingpeekVERBVerbForm=Ger3 keepsxcomp
5atatADP_9 cardscase
6hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 friendnmod:poss
7friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing9 cardsnmod:poss
8's'sPART_7 friendcase
9cardscardNOUNNumber=Plur4 peekingobl
10..PUNCT_3 keepspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keeppresenta boytree rules
2peekgerunda boy not said hereat boy's friend's cardsvn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at card=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: Why is that wrong?

advmodcopnsubjpunctrootWhyADVisAUXthatPRONwrongADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int4 wrongadvmod
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 wrongcop
3thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 wrongnsubj
4wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 wrongpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentthatwrong propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is only wrong in proper tournaments with prizes

nsubjcopadvmodcaseamodoblcasenmodrootItPRONisAUXonlyADVwrongADJinADPproperADJtournamentsNOUNwithADPprizesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 wrongnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 wrongcop
3onlyonlyADV_4 wrongadvmod
4wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
5ininADP_7 tournamentscase
6properproperADJDegree=Pos7 tournamentsamod
7tournamentstournamentNOUNNumber=Plur4 wrongobl
8withwithADP_9 prizescase
9prizesprizeNOUNNumber=Plur7 tournamentsnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentItproper tournaments with prizeswrong propertytree rules

Option 2

It is fine as long as he does not win

explcopadvmodadvmodmarknsubjauxadvmodadvclrootItPRONisAUXfineADJasADVlongADVasSCONJhePRONdoesAUXnotPARTwinVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 fineexpl
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 finecop
3finefineADJDegree=Posrootroot
4asasADV_5 longadvmod
5longlongADVDegree=Pos3 fineadvmod
6asasSCONJ_10 winmark
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 winnsubj
8doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 winaux
9notnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 winadvmod
10winwinVERBVerbForm=Inf5 longadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentfine, long propertytree rules
2not winpresent · do-supporthevn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It makes the game unfair and dishonest

nsubjdetobjxcompccconjrootItPRONmakesVERBtheDETgameNOUNunfairADJandCCONJdishonestADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 makesnsubj
2makesmakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 gamedet
4gamegameNOUNNumber=Sing2 makesobj
5unfairunfairADJDegree=Pos2 makesxcomp
6andandCCONJ_7 dishonestcc
7dishonestdishonestADJDegree=Pos5 unfairconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresentItthe gameunfair propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material game=Product

Option 4

It slows the game down a little bit

nsubjdetobjcasedetamodoblrootItPRONslowsVERBtheDETgameNOUNdownADPaDETlittleADJbitNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 slowsnsubj
2slowsslowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 gamedet
4gamegameNOUNNumber=Sing2 slowsobj
5downdownADP_8 bitcase
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 bitdet
7littlelittleADJDegree=Pos8 bitamod
8bitbitNOUNNumber=Sing2 slowsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1slowpresentItthe gamedown a little bitvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent game=Patient

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