Test 4 · ★★★ · Breaking things and hiding the pieces
Older boys: «come on, we did it last week and no one got caught». What is the wise answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Older boys, we, wise answer · What happens: come on, do, catch, be · To what, where: it, one
This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 342 «Breaking things and hiding the pieces» 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: Older boys: «come on, we did it last week and no one got caught».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 boys | amod |
| 2 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 come | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADV | _ | 5 come | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 did | punct |
| 8 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 did | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 come | parataxis |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 did | obj |
| 11 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 week | amod |
| 12 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 did | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 caught | cc |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 one | det |
| 15 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 caught | aux:pass |
| 17 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 did | conj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 caught | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come on in a quote | infinitive | Older boys | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | past | we | it | week | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | catch in a quote | past · passive | no one | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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 the wise answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wise answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Fine, but at a different house this time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 house | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 house | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 house | cc |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 house | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 house | det |
| 6 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 house | amod |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 time | det |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 house | obl:unmarked |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Fine, if no one got caught
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 caught | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 caught | mark |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 one | det |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 caught | aux:pass |
| 7 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Fine | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past · passive | no one | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Only if I don't throw it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 6 throw | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 throw | mark |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 throw | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 throw | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 throw | advmod |
| 6 | throw | throw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 throw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not throw | present · do-support | I | it | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it hurts people, and I'm going to football
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 hurts | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hurts | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hurts | nsubj |
| 4 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hurts | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 going | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 going | cc |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 going | nsubj |
| 9 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 going | aux |
| 10 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 hurts | advcl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 football | case |
| 12 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 going | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present | it | people | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Patient | ||||
| 2 | go | present · progressive | I | football | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to football=Initial_Location |
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