Test 4 · Teasing and laughing at others Teacher: «He's been by the fence every playtime. Who said the game was full?» What should the boys do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Teacher, game, boys · What happens: be, say, do · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 346 «Teasing and laughing at others» 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: Teacher: «He's been by the fence every playtime.
nsubj punct punct nsubj cop cop case det det conj punct root Teacher NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT He PRON 's AUX been AUX by ADP the DET fence NOUN every DET playtime NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 9 fence nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Teacher punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 1 Teacher punct 4 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 fence nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 fence cop 6 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 9 fence cop 7 by by ADP _ 9 fence case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 fence det 9 fence fence NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 every every DET PronType=Tot 11 playtime det 11 playtime playtime NOUN Number=Sing 9 fence conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 9 fence punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present Teacher by the fence and every playtime tree rules
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: Who said the game was full?»
nsubj det nsubj cop ccomp punct punct root Who PRON said VERB the DET game NOUN was AUX full ADJ ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 2 said nsubj 2 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 game det 4 game game NOUN Number=Sing 6 full nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 full cop 6 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 2 said ccomp 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 full punct 8 » » PUNCT _ 2 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is past the game full property tree rules
Sentence 3: What should the boys do?
aux det nsubj acl:relcl punct root What PRON should AUX the DET boys NOUN do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 do aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 boys det 4 boys boy NOUN Number=Plur 5 do nsubj 5 do do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What acl:relcl 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should the boys vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Own up and let him play
compound:prt cc conj obj xcomp root Own VERB up ADP and CCONJ let VERB him PRON play VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Own own VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 up up ADP _ 1 Own compound:prt 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 let cc 4 let let VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Own conj 5 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 let obj 6 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 let xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 own up imperative you not said here vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot 2 let infinitive you not said here him = he tree rules 3 play infinitive him = he not said here vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Say the teacher should play with him
det nsubj aux ccomp case obl root Say VERB the DET teacher NOUN should AUX play VERB with ADP him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 teacher det 3 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 5 play nsubj 4 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 play aux 5 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Say ccomp 6 with with ADP _ 7 him case 7 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 play obl
# 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 clause=Topic 2 play should the teacher with him = he vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent
Option 3 Say the game really was full
det obj advmod cop amod root Say VERB the DET game NOUN really ADV was AUX full ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say 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 Say obj 4 really really ADV _ 6 full advmod 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 full cop 6 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 3 game amod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here the game vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent game=Topic 2 is past full property tree rules
Option 4 Say he didn't want to play
nsubj aux advmod ccomp mark xcomp root Say VERB he PRON did AUX n't PART want VERB to PART play VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 want nsubj 3 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 want aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 want advmod 5 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Say ccomp 6 to to PART _ 7 play mark 7 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 want xcomp
# 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 clause=Topic 2 not want past · do-support he vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 3 play not said to happen to-infinitive he not said here vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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