Test 8 · Cheating in games and sports
Sister after blind man's buff: «you're peeking, I saw your head tip back!» What helps most?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sister, I · What happens: peek, see, help · To what, where: head tip
This is test 8 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: Sister after blind man's buff: «you're peeking, I saw your head tip back!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 peeking | nsubj |
| 2 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 buff | case |
| 3 | blind | blind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 man | amod |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 buff | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 man | case |
| 6 | buff | buff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sister | nmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 peeking | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 peeking | punct |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 peeking | nsubj |
| 10 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 peeking | aux |
| 11 | peeking | peek | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 saw | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 saw | nsubj |
| 14 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 peeking | parataxis |
| 15 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 tip | nmod:poss |
| 16 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 tip | compound |
| 17 | tip | tip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 saw | obj |
| 18 | back | back | ADV | _ | 14 saw | advmod |
| 19 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 11 peeking | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 peeking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | peek in a quote | present · progressive | Sister after blind man's buff | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | see in a quote | past | I | your head tip | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tip=Stimulus |
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 helps most?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 2 helps | advmod |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Stop the game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | the game | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality game=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Say sorry and play with the blindfold properly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 play | cc |
| 4 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 blindfold | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 blindfold | det |
| 7 | blindfold | blindfold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 play | obl |
| 8 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 4 play | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | imperative | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | play | infinitive | you not said here | with the blindfold; properly property | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with blindfold=Theme |
Option 3
Peek less obviously next time, just a tiny gap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peek | peek | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 obviously | advmod |
| 3 | obviously | obviously | ADV | _ | 1 Peek | advmod |
| 4 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 time | amod |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Peek | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 gap | punct |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 gap | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 gap | det |
| 9 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 gap | amod |
| 10 | gap | gap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Peek | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | peek | imperative | you not said here | a tiny gap | time | obviously property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Say she's a liar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 liar | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 liar | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 liar | det |
| 5 | liar | liar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | she | a liar | tree rules |
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