Test 5 · ★ · Safe toys and fair board games
A girl in Sydney captures most of her friend's chess pieces but still loses the game. How can that be?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, that · What happens: capture, lose, be · To what, where: most, game
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 302 «Safe toys and fair board games» 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: A girl in Sydney captures most of her friend's chess pieces but still loses the game.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 captures | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Sydney | case |
| 4 | Sydney | Sydney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | captures | capture | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 captures | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 pieces | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 friend | nmod:poss |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pieces | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 friend | case |
| 11 | chess | chess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pieces | compound |
| 12 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 most | nmod |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 loses | cc |
| 14 | still | still | ADV | _ | 15 loses | advmod |
| 15 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 captures | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 game | det |
| 17 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 loses | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 captures | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | capture | present | a girl in Sydney | most of girl's friend's chess pieces | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lose | present | a girl in Sydney not said here | the game | still | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |
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: How can that be?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 be | advmod |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 be | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 be | nsubj |
| 4 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 be | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | can | can | that | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Her friend had more pawns left at the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 pawns | amod |
| 5 | pawns | pawn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 pawns | acl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Her friend | more pawns | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pawn=Patient | ||||
| 2 | leave | participle | more pawns not said here | at the end | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location |
Option 2
Her friend took longer to think about each of her moves, which wins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 took | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 think | mark |
| 6 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 took | advcl |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 each | case |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 think | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 moves | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 moves | nmod:poss |
| 11 | moves | move | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 each | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 wins | punct |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 wins | nsubj |
| 14 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 moves | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Her friend | long property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | to-infinitive | Her friend not said here | about each | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about each=Topic | ||||
| 3 | win | present | friend's moves | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | move | friend | nom move «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Her friend moved the queen more times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moved | nsubj |
| 3 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 queen | det |
| 5 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moved | obj |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 times | advmod |
| 7 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 moved | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past | Her friend | the queen | time | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent queen=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Her friend checkmated her king, which is what wins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 checkmated | nsubj |
| 3 | checkmated | checkmate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 king | nmod:poss |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 checkmated | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 what | punct |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 what | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 what | cop |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 king | conj |
| 10 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | checkmate | past | Her friend | friend's king | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | friend's king | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | win | present | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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