Test 2 · ★ · Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills
Three friends each want a different theme for their class poster. Which plan is the fairest?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Three friends, friends, plan · What happens: want, post, be · To what, where: different theme
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 307 «Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills» 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: Three friends each want a different theme for their class poster.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 friends | nummod |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 want | nsubj |
| 3 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 want | advmod |
| 4 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 theme | det |
| 6 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 theme | amod |
| 7 | theme | theme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 want | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 poster | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 poster | nmod:poss |
| 10 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 poster | compound |
| 11 | poster | poster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 want | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Three friends | a different theme | for friends's class poster | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot theme=Theme | |||
| 2 | post | friends = friend | nom poster «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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: Which plan is the fairest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 plan | det |
| 2 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fairest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fairest | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fairest | det |
| 5 | fairest | fair | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 fairest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which plan | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Let the first person who spoke decide
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 person | det |
| 3 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 person | amod |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 spoke | nsubj |
| 6 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 person | acl:relcl |
| 7 | decide | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | the first person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | past | the first person | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | decide | present | the first person not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Hear everyone's idea, then vote or combine them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 idea | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 everyone | case |
| 4 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hear | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 vote | punct |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 vote | advmod |
| 7 | vote | vote | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hear | conj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 combine | cc |
| 9 | combine | combine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 vote | conj |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 combine | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | imperative | you not said here | everyone's idea | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer idea=Stimulus | ||||
| 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 3
Use the idea of whoever is oldest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 idea | det |
| 3 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 whoever | case |
| 5 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 idea | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 oldest | cop |
| 7 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 whoever | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | the idea of whoever | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | old property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Make three small posters and never agree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 posters | nummod |
| 3 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 posters | amod |
| 4 | posters | poster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Make | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 agree | cc |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 agree | advmod |
| 7 | agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Make | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | three small posters | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset poster=Product | ||||
| 2 | not agree speech: agree | infinitive | you not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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