Test 6 · ★ · Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming
A bowler in a school cricket match bends his elbow and flicks the ball like a throw. What does the umpire say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bowler, umpire · What happens: bend, flick, say · To what, where: elbow, ball · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: A bowler in a school cricket match bends his elbow and flicks the ball like a throw.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bowler | det |
| 2 | bowler | bowler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bends | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 match | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 match | det |
| 5 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cricket | compound |
| 6 | cricket | cricket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 match | compound |
| 7 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bowler | nmod |
| 8 | bends | bend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 elbow | nmod:poss |
| 10 | elbow | elbow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bends | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 flicks | cc |
| 12 | flicks | flick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 bends | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ball | det |
| 14 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 flicks | obj |
| 15 | like | like | ADP | _ | 17 throw | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 throw | det |
| 17 | throw | throw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 flicks | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 bends | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bend | present | a bowler in a cricket match | bowler's elbow | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent elbow=Material | ||||
| 2 | flick | present | a bowler in a cricket match not said here | the ball | like a throw | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |
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 does the umpire say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 umpire | det |
| 4 | umpire | umpire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | the umpire | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is not allowed
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 | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | It | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
Option 2
It is a perfect delivery
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 delivery | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 delivery | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 delivery | det |
| 4 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 delivery | amod |
| 5 | delivery | delivery | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a perfect delivery | tree rules |
Option 3
It is out for the batter
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 out | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 out | cop |
| 3 | out | out | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 batter | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 batter | det |
| 6 | batter | batter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 out | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | for the batter; out property | tree rules |
Option 4
It is worth six runs
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 worth | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 worth | cop |
| 3 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 runs | nsubj |
| 5 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 worth | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | worth property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run | present | six | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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