Test 7 · ★ · Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up You hit a cricket ball that hits a friend. It was an accident. What matters most?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, cricket ball, ball · What happens: hit, be, matter · To what, where: cricket ball, friend, accident
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 285 «Good pressure, good and bad secrets, and owning up» 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: You hit a cricket ball that hits a friend.
nsubj det compound obj nsubj acl:relcl det obj punct root You PRON hit VERB a DET cricket NOUN ball NOUN that PRON hits VERB a DET friend NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 hit nsubj 2 hit hit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 ball det 4 cricket cricket NOUN Number=Sing 5 ball compound 5 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 2 hit obj 6 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 hits nsubj 7 hits hit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 ball acl:relcl 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 friend det 9 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 7 hits obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 hit punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hit present You a cricket ball vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ball=Co-Theme 2 hit present a cricket ball a friend vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme friend=Co-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: It was an accident.
nsubj cop det punct root It PRON was AUX an DET accident NOUN . PUNCT 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 accident nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 accident cop 3 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 accident det 4 accident accident NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 accident punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past ball a accident tree rules
Sentence 3: What matters most?
nsubj advmod punct root What PRON matters VERB most ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 matters nsubj 2 matters matter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 most most ADV Degree=Sup 2 matters advmod 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 matters punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 matter present vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
The options Option 1 Carrying on with the game
compound:prt case det obl root Carrying VERB on ADP with ADP the DET game NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Carrying carry VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 on on ADP _ 1 Carrying compound:prt 3 with with ADP _ 5 game case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 game det 5 game game NOUN Number=Sing 1 Carrying obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 carry on gerund with the game vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Checking he is okay and saying sorry
csubj obj cop cc conj xcomp root Checking VERB he PRON is AUX okay ADJ and CCONJ saying VERB sorry ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Checking check VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 okay csubj 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Checking obj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 okay cop 4 okay okay ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 saying cc 6 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 okay conj 7 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 6 saying xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 check gerund he vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme 2 is present Checking okay property tree rules 3 say speech: apologize gerund Checking not said here sorry property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Telling everyone it was his own fault for standing there
csubj iobj nsubj cop nmod:poss amod mark advcl advmod root Telling VERB everyone PRON it PRON was AUX his PRON own ADJ fault NOUN for SCONJ standing VERB there ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Telling tell VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 fault csubj 2 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 1 Telling iobj 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 fault nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 fault cop 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 fault nmod:poss 6 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 7 fault amod 7 fault fault NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 for for SCONJ _ 9 standing mark 9 standing stand VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 fault advcl 10 there there ADV PronType=Dem 9 standing advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert gerund everyone vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient 2 is a past it his own fault tree rules 3 stand gerund there vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Proving it wasn't your fault
csubj obj cop advmod nmod:poss root Proving VERB it PRON was AUX n't PART your PRON fault NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Proving prove VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 fault csubj 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Proving obj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 fault cop 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 fault advmod 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 fault nmod:poss 6 fault fault NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 prove gerund it vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 2 not is a past Proving your fault tree rules
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