Test 1 · ★ · Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports
A girl in London says she watched «football» last night, and her cousin in Boston says the same. What is most likely true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, cousin · What happens: say, watch, be · To what, where: football, same · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 304 «Outdoor games, playgrounds and the rules of sports» 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 London says she watched «football» last night, and her cousin in Boston says the same.
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 says | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 London | case |
| 4 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 watched | nsubj |
| 7 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | ccomp |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 football | punct |
| 9 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 watched | obj |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 football | punct |
| 11 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 night | amod |
| 12 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 watched | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 says | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 says | cc |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 16 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 says | nsubj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 Boston | case |
| 18 | Boston | Boston | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 cousin | nmod |
| 19 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 same | det |
| 21 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 says | obj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a girl in London | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | watch | past | girl | football | night | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | girl's cousin in Boston | the same | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent same=Topic |
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 most likely true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 true | cop |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 true | advmod |
| 5 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely, true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They probably watched two different sports
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 | 3 watched | nsubj |
| 2 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 3 watched | advmod |
| 3 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 sports | nummod |
| 5 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sports | amod |
| 6 | sports | sport | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 watched | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past | They | two different sports | probably property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Theme |
Option 2
They definitely watched the same match
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 | 3 watched | nsubj |
| 2 | definitely | definitely | ADV | _ | 3 watched | advmod |
| 3 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 match | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 match | amod |
| 6 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 watched | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past | They | the same match | definitely property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Theme |
Option 3
Both watched rugby on television
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | CCONJ | _ | 2 watched | cc:preconj |
| 2 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | rugby | rugby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 watched | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 television | case |
| 5 | television | television | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 watched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past | rugby | television | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rugby=Theme |
Option 4
Both watched a basketball game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | CCONJ | _ | 2 watched | cc:preconj |
| 2 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 game | det |
| 4 | basketball | basketball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 game | compound |
| 5 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 watched | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | past | a basketball game | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
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