Test 6 · ★ · Music practice and ball games
Tom kicks the ball at Ben's back while Ben is tying his shoelace. Why is that wrong?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, Ben, that · What happens: kick, tie, be · To what, where: ball, back, shoelace
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 246 «Music practice and ball 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: Tom kicks the ball at Ben's back while Ben is tying his shoelace.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 kicks | nsubj |
| 2 | kicks | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ball | det |
| 4 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kicks | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 back | case |
| 6 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 back | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Ben | case |
| 8 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kicks | obl |
| 9 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 tying | mark |
| 10 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 tying | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 tying | aux |
| 12 | tying | tie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 kicks | advcl |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 shoelace | nmod:poss |
| 14 | shoelace | shoelace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tying | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 kicks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | present | Tom | the ball | Ben's back | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ball=Patient at back=Location | |||
| 2 | tie | present · progressive | Ben | Ben's shoelace | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoelace=Patient |
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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 wrong | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrong | cop |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 wrong | nsubj |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The ball might get dirty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ball | det |
| 2 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | might | the ball | dirty property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
It is fine if it is only a joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 joke | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 joke | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 joke | cop |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 joke | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 joke | det |
| 9 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a a condition, not said to happen | present | it | a joke | tree rules |
Option 3
Ben should have been watching the ball all the time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 watching | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 watching | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 watching | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 watching | aux |
| 5 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ball | det |
| 7 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 watching | obj |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 time | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 time | det |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 watching | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | should · perfect · progressive | Ben | the ball | time | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ben was not ready, it hurts and it starts fights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 ready | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ready | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 ready | advmod |
| 4 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hurts | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hurts | nsubj |
| 7 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ready | parataxis |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 starts | cc |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 starts | nsubj |
| 10 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ready | conj |
| 11 | fights | fight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 starts | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | Ben | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hurt | present | it | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | start | present | it | fights | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |
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