Test 8 · ★ · Running games and the playground
A wrestling game turns into real hitting and the other child does not stop when you say so. What next?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wrestling game, other child, you · What happens: turn, hit, not stop, say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: A wrestling game turns into real hitting and the other child does not stop when you say so.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 2 | wrestling | wrestling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 game | compound |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turns | nsubj |
| 4 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | SCONJ | _ | 7 hitting | mark |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hitting | amod |
| 7 | hitting | hit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 turns | advcl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 stop | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 child | det |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 child | amod |
| 11 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stop | nsubj |
| 12 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 stop | aux |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 stop | advmod |
| 14 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 turns | conj |
| 15 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 say | advmod |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 say | nsubj |
| 17 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 stop | advcl |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 say | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 turns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | a wrestling game | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hit | gerund | a wrestling game not said here | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not stop | present · do-support | the other child | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | present | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 next?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | next | next | ADV | _ | 1 What | advmod |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Hit back harder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Hit | advmod |
| 3 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Hit | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit back | imperative | you not said here | hard property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell an adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 adult | det |
| 3 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
Option 3
Keep quiet so you are not called a tattletale
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 called | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 called | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 called | aux:pass |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 called | advmod |
| 7 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Keep | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 tattletale | det |
| 9 | tattletale | tattletale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 called | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | quiet property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not call | present · passive | you | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 4
Go home and never tell anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 tell | cc |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 tell | advmod |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 6 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | anyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |
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