Test 3 · ★ · Questions, group work and the adults at school
Two group members argue: one wants a model, the other a poster. What is a fair way forward?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two group members, one · What happens: argue, want, be · To what, where: model, fair way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 256 «Questions, group work and the adults at school» 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: Two group members argue: one wants a model, the other a poster.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 members | nummod |
| 2 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 members | compound |
| 3 | members | member | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 argue | nsubj |
| 4 | argue | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 wants | punct |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 wants | nsubj |
| 7 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 argue | ccomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 model | det |
| 9 | model | model | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wants | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 poster | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 other | det |
| 12 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 poster | amod |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 poster | det |
| 14 | poster | poster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 model | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 argue | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | argue speech: disagree | present | Two group members | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | want | present | one | a model and a other poster | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot model=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 is a fair way forward?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 5 way | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a fair way | forward property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The older one wins, because older means wiser
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 one | det |
| 2 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 one | amod |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wins | nsubj |
| 4 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wins | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 means | mark |
| 7 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 means | nsubj |
| 8 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wins | advcl |
| 9 | wiser | wise | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 means | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | the older one | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | older | wise property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
They stop working until home time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 stop | xcomp |
| 4 | until | until | ADP | _ | 6 time | case |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 time | compound |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 working | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | They | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | work | gerund | They not said here | time | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Listen to both, then vote or combine them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Listen | listen | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 both | case |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Listen | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 vote | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 vote | advmod |
| 6 | vote | vote | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Listen | conj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 combine | cc |
| 8 | combine | combine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Listen | conj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 combine | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | imperative | you not said here | to both | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to both=Theme | ||||
| 2 | vote | infinitive | you not said here | then | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | combine | infinitive | you not said here | them = they | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 4
Whoever shouts loudest wins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 shouts | nsubj |
| 2 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | loudest | loud | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 wins | amod |
| 4 | wins | win | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 shouts | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | Whoever | loudest wins | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent win=Topic |
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