Test 8 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair
During a board game the banker «forgets» to pay you but always pays himself. What is going wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: banker · What happens: forget, pay, go · To what, where: you, banker
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» 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: During a board game the banker «forgets» to pay you but always pays himself.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | During | during | ADP | _ | 4 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 game | det |
| 3 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 game | compound |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 forgets | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 banker | det |
| 6 | banker | banker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 forgets | nsubj |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 forgets | punct |
| 8 | forgets | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 forgets | punct |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 pay | mark |
| 11 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 forgets | advcl |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 pay | obj |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 pays | cc |
| 14 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 15 pays | advmod |
| 15 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 forgets | conj |
| 16 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 15 pays | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 forgets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget in a quote | present | the banker | during a board game | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pay | to-infinitive | the banker not said here | you | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Asset | ||||
| 3 | pay | present | the banker not said here | banker | always property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Asset |
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 going wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 going | xcomp |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · progressive | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
It is fair because he is the banker
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 fair | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fair | cop |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 banker | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 banker | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 banker | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 banker | det |
| 8 | banker | banker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fair | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | he | the banker | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He is not being honest with the money trusted to him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 honest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 honest | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 honest | advmod |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 honest | cop |
| 5 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 money | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 money | det |
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 honest | obl |
| 9 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 money | acl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 trusted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | He | with the money; honest property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | trust | participle | the money not said here | him = he | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient |
Option 3
Bankers are allowed to keep extra
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bankers | banker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 keep | mark |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 allowed | xcomp |
| 6 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | Bankers | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | keep not said to happen | to-infinitive | Bankers not said here | extra property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
He is just better at the game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 better | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 better | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 better | advmod |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 game | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 game | det |
| 7 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 better | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | the game | good property | tree rules |
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