Test 2 · Cheating in games and sports
«I always skip numbers in hide n seek, they never notice». What is likely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, numbers · What happens: skip, not notice, be · To what, where: numbers, hide n seek
This is test 2 of lesson 341 «Cheating in games and 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: «I always skip numbers in hide n seek, they never notice».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 skip | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 skip | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 skip | advmod |
| 4 | skip | skip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | numbers | number | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 skip | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 seek | case |
| 7 | hide | hide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seek | compound |
| 8 | n | n | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 seek | amod |
| 9 | seek | seek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 skip | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 notice | punct |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 notice | nsubj |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 notice | advmod |
| 13 | notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 skip | advcl |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 notice | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 skip | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | skip in a quote | present | I | numbers | hide n seek | always property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent number=Theme in seek=Trajectory | ||
| 2 | not notice in a quote | present | numbers = number | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 likely | cop |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They notice, call it cheating and stop playing
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 | 2 notice | nsubj |
| 2 | notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 call | punct |
| 4 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 notice | conj |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 call | obj |
| 6 | cheating | cheat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 call | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stop | cc |
| 8 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 notice | conj |
| 9 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | present | They | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | call | infinitive | They not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | cheat | gerund | They not said here | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | stop | present | They not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | play | gerund | They not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
They think it's really clever and start to copy it
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 | 2 think | nsubj |
| 2 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 clever | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 clever | cop |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 clever | advmod |
| 6 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 think | ccomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 start | cc |
| 8 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 think | conj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 copy | mark |
| 10 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 start | xcomp |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 copy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | They | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | clever property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | start | infinitive | They not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | copy | to-infinitive | They not said here | it | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
They never notice
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 notice | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 notice | advmod |
| 3 | notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not notice | present | They | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
They count faster too
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 | 2 count | nsubj |
| 2 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | faster | fast | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 count | xcomp |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 2 count | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | They | fast property | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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