Test 9 · ★ · Sharing toys and playing board games fairly
lil bro n me both want the scooter game, he's crying
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: me, he · What happens: want, cry · To what, where: scooter game
This is test 9 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lil | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 bro | amod |
| 2 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | n | n | SCONJ | _ | 6 want | mark |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 want | nsubj |
| 5 | both | both | ADV | _ | 6 want | advmod |
| 6 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 crying | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 game | det |
| 8 | scooter | scooter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 game | compound |
| 9 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 want | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 want | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 crying | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 crying | aux |
| 13 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 bro | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | me | the scooter game | both property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot game=Theme | |||
| 2 | cry speech: express | present · progressive | he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Take turns, use a timer or play it 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 | _ | 4 use | punct |
| 4 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | conj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 timer | det |
| 6 | timer | timer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 use | obj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 play | cc |
| 8 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 play | obj |
| 10 | together | together | ADV | _ | 8 play | 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 | use | infinitive | you not said here | a timer | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent timer=Patient | ||||
| 3 | play | present | you not said here | timer | together property | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Tell him he's too little n go play somewhere else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 go | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 go | cop |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 little | advmod |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 go | xcomp |
| 7 | n | n | X | _ | 8 go | nsubj |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 play | advcl |
| 9 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 10 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 play | advmod |
| 11 | else | else | ADV | _ | 10 somewhere | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | go, little property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | play | infinitive | somewhere property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Grab it, you had it first so it's yours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grab | grab | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Grab | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Grab | parataxis |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 had | obj |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 had | advmod |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 yours | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 yours | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 yours | cop |
| 11 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 had | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | imperative | you not said here | it | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | past | you | it | first property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 3 | is a | present | it | yours | tree rules |
Option 4
Hide it so nobody has it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hide | obj |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 5 has | mark |
| 4 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hide | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | it | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | have | present | nobody | it | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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