Test 19 · ★ · Tests, exams and mistakes
my mate says he stayed up all night revising and smashed the test, so that's the way. right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, that · What happens: say, stay up, revise, smash, be · To what, where: test, way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 255 «Tests, exams and mistakes» 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 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stayed | nsubj |
| 5 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 stayed | compound:prt |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 night | det |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stayed | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | revising | revise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 stayed | advcl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 smashed | cc |
| 11 | smashed | smash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stayed | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 test | det |
| 13 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 smashed | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 way | punct |
| 15 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 19 way | mark |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 way | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 way | cop |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 way | det |
| 19 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 smashed | parataxis |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 way | punct |
| 21 | right | right | ADV | _ | 11 smashed | advmod |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | stay up | past | mate | night | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | revise | gerund | mate not said here | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | smash | past | mate not said here | the test | right property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Theme | |||
| 5 | is a | present | that | the way | tree rules |
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
Yes, sleep wastes revision time you could be using
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 wastes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wastes | nsubj |
| 4 | wastes | waste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | revision | revision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 time | compound |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wastes | obj |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 using | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 using | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 using | aux |
| 10 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 time | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waste | present | sleep | time | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | use | could · progressive | you | revision time not said here | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, sleep helps you remember; all-nighters usually hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 sleep | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 helps | nsubj |
| 4 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 helps | obj |
| 6 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 helps | xcomp |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 hurt | punct |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 nighters | det |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 all | punct |
| 10 | nighters | nighter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 hurt | nsubj |
| 11 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 12 hurt | advmod |
| 12 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 helps | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | sleep | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | remember | infinitive | you not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | hurt | present | all nighters | usually property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Yes, if you drink cola and keep the lights on all night long
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 drink | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 drink | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 drink | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 drink | nsubj |
| 5 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | cola | cola | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drink | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 keep | cc |
| 8 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 drink | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lights | det |
| 10 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 keep | obj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 night | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 night | det |
| 13 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keep | obl |
| 14 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 night | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | present | you | cola | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cola=Patient | ||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | you not said here | the lights | night | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, all-nighters always work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 work | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 nighters | det |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 all | punct |
| 5 | nighters | nighter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 work | nsubj |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 work | advmod |
| 7 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | all nighters | always property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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