Test 10 · ★ · Soccer, American football and baseball

in the uk my cousin says football, does he mean the helmet one?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin · What happens: say, mean · To what, where: football, uk, helmet one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 248 «Soccer, American football and baseball» 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	in	in	ADP	_	3 uk	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 uk	det
3	uk	uk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	obl
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cousin	nmod:poss
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mean	punct
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 mean	aux
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 mean	nsubj
11	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 says	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 one	det
13	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 one	compound
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mean	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin	football		the uk			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent football=Theme in uk=Manner
2	mean	present · do-support	cousin	the helmet one					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic

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

It means baseball in the UK

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	baseball	baseball	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 UK	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 UK	det
6	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It	baseball				in the UK	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot baseball=Theme in uk=Attribute

Option 2

Yes, it means rugby too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	rugby	rugby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj
6	too	too	ADV	_	4 means	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	rugby					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rugby=Topic

Option 3

Yes, football always means helmets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 means	advmod
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	helmets	helmet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	football	helmets				always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, in the UK football means soccer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 football	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 football	det
5	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 football	compound
6	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	obl
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	soccer	soccer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present		soccer				in the UK football	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot soccer=Theme in football=Attribute

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