Test 1 · ★ · Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming
In a rugby match, a player passes the ball forward to a teammate. What happens?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: player · What happens: pass, happen · To what, where: ball, teammate, rugby match
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 249 «Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming» 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 a rugby match, a player passes the ball forward to a teammate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 match | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 match | det |
| 3 | rugby | rugby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 match | compound |
| 4 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 passes | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 match | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 player | det |
| 7 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 passes | nsubj |
| 8 | passes | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ball | det |
| 10 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 passes | obj |
| 11 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 8 passes | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 teammate | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 teammate | det |
| 14 | teammate | teammate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 passes | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 passes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | present | a player | the ball | a teammate | a rugby match | forward property | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ball=Theme to teammate=Recipient |
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 happens?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The team gets extra points for a clever pass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 team | det |
| 2 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 points | amod |
| 5 | points | point | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gets | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 pass | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 pass | det |
| 8 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 pass | amod |
| 9 | pass | pass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the team | extra points | for a clever pass | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent point=Theme for pass=Source |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is against the rules and play stops
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 | 5 rules | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rules | cop |
| 3 | against | against | ADP | _ | 5 rules | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rules | det |
| 5 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 play | cc |
| 7 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rules | conj |
| 8 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rules | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | against the rules and play | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stop | present | the rules and play not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
It is allowed, but only in the second half
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 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 half | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 half | cc |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 half | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 half | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 half | det |
| 9 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 half | amod |
| 10 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 3 allowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | It | the second half | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
Option 4
The teammate must kick it straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teammate | det |
| 2 | teammate | teammate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kick | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 kick | aux |
| 4 | kick | kick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kick | obj |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 kick | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | must | the teammate | it | away property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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