Test 4 · ★ · Running games and the playground
In red light green light, Jack moves on red but says he did not. Why does this spoil the game?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jack, this · What happens: move, say, not do, spoil · To what, where: red light, game · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 247 «Running games and the playground» 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: In red light green light, Jack moves on red but says he did not.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 light | case |
| 2 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 light | amod |
| 3 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 moves | obl |
| 4 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 light | amod |
| 5 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 light | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 light | punct |
| 7 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 moves | nsubj |
| 8 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 red | case |
| 10 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 moves | obl |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 says | cc |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 moves | conj |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 did | nsubj |
| 14 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 says | ccomp |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 did | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 moves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | present | Jack | red light and green light | on red | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in light=Source on red=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Jack not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not do | past | Jack | vn act-114-1 «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: Why does this spoil the game?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 spoil | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 spoil | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 spoil | nsubj |
| 4 | spoil | spoil | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spoil | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 spoil | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spoil | present · do-support | this | the game | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Red light green light has no real rules, so nothing is spoilt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 light | amod |
| 2 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 light | amod |
| 3 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 light | amod |
| 4 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 rules | det |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rules | amod |
| 8 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 has | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 spoilt | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 spoilt | advmod |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 13 spoilt | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 spoilt | aux:pass |
| 13 | spoilt | spoil | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 has | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Red light green light | no real rules | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient | ||||
| 2 | spoil | present · passive | nothing | tree rules |
Option 2
The caller will get tired
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 caller | det |
| 2 | caller | caller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | the caller | tired property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The game only works when people play fair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 game | det |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 works | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 works | advmod |
| 4 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 play | advmod |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 play | nsubj |
| 7 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 works | advcl |
| 8 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 play | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | the game | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | play | present | people | fair property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Jack will run too fast for the others to catch up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 run | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 run | aux |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 fast | advmod |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 run | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 others | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 others | det |
| 8 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 run | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 catch | mark |
| 10 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 run | advcl |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 catch | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | future | Jack | for the others; fast property | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for other=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | catch up | to-infinitive | Jack not said here | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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