Test 9 · ★ · Cricket, rugby, basketball, hockey and swimming
playing rugby, can i pass it forward to my mate?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i · What happens: play, pass · To what, where: rugby, mate
This is test 9 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | playing | play | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 pass | advcl |
| 2 | rugby | rugby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 playing | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 playing | punct |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 pass | aux |
| 5 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 pass | nsubj |
| 6 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pass | obj |
| 8 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 6 pass | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 mate | case |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mate | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pass | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 pass | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | gerund | i not said here | rugby | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rugby=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pass | can | i | rugby | my mate | forward property | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to mate=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only in the last minute of the game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 minute | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 minute | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 minute | det |
| 4 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 minute | amod |
| 5 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 game | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 game | det |
| 8 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 minute | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Yes, if he's far ahead of everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 ahead | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 ahead | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ahead | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ahead | cop |
| 6 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 ahead | advmod |
| 7 | ahead | ahead | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 everyone | case |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 ahead | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | of everyone; ahead, far property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, forward is the fastest way to score
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 way | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 7 way | advmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 way | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 way | det |
| 6 | fastest | fast | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 way | amod |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 score | mark |
| 9 | score | score | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 way | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fastest way | forward property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | score | to-infinitive | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, only backwards or sideways
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 backwards | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 backwards | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 backwards | advmod |
| 4 | backwards | backwards | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 sideways | cc |
| 6 | sideways | sideways | ADV | _ | 4 backwards | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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