Test 10 · Homework, practice and the team counting on you
Coach: «Four of you didn't turn up to practice and we lost by six». What's the lesson?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, we, lesson · What happens: not turn up, lose, be
This is test 10 of lesson 351 «Homework, practice and the team counting on you» 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: Coach: «Four of you didn't turn up to practice and we lost by six».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Four | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Four | punct |
| 4 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Coach | appos |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 9 turn | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 turn | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 turn | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 turn | advmod |
| 9 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 Four | advcl |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 turn | compound:prt |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 practice | case |
| 12 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 turn | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 lost | cc |
| 14 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 lost | nsubj |
| 15 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 turn | conj |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 six | case |
| 17 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 lost | obl |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 lost | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Coach | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not turn up in a quote | past · do-support | you | to practice | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lose in a quote | past | we | by six | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What's the lesson?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the lesson | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Practice never changes a match
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 changes | advmod |
| 3 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 match | det |
| 5 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not change | present | Practice | a match | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A team needs everyone to do their part
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 team | det |
| 2 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 needs | nsubj |
| 3 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 needs | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 do | mark |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 needs | xcomp |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 part | nmod:poss |
| 8 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | a team | everyone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | everyone not said here | their part | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Eventuality |
Option 3
Losing by six is just bad luck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Losing | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 luck | csubj |
| 2 | by | by | ADP | _ | 3 six | case |
| 3 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Losing | obl |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 luck | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 luck | advmod |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 luck | amod |
| 7 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | gerund | by six | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | Losing | bad luck | tree rules |
Option 4
Only the captain needs to practise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 needs | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 captain | det |
| 3 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needs | nsubj |
| 4 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 practise | mark |
| 6 | practise | practise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 needs | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | the captain | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | practise not said to happen | to-infinitive | the captain not said here | tree rules |
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