Test 1 · ★ · Taking too much
«there's 12 sweets and 6 of us, i had 8 lol». What's the problem?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: 12 sweets, i, problem · What happens: be, have
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 352 «Taking too much» 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: «there's 12 sweets and 6 of us, i had 8 lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 's | punct |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 's | expl |
| 3 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 sweets | nummod |
| 5 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 's | nsubj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 6 | cc |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 sweets | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 us | case |
| 9 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 6 | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 had | punct |
| 11 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 had | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 's | parataxis |
| 13 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 14 lol | nummod |
| 14 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 12 had | obj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 had | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 's | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | does in a quote | present | 12 sweets | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | past | i | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lol=Patient |
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 problem?
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 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | 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 problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
There is no problem, 8 is fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fine | punct |
| 6 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 fine | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fine | cop |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 problem | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no problem | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | 8 | no problem not said here | fine property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The others only have 4 left to share between 5
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 others | det |
| 2 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 have | advmod |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 have | obj |
| 6 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 have | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 share | mark |
| 8 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 left | xcomp |
| 9 | between | between | ADP | _ | 10 5 | case |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the others | 4 | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave | participle | 4 not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | share | to-infinitive | 4 not said here | between 5 | tree rules |
Option 3
Everyone still gets 2 each, since the bag was big enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 3 gets | advmod |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 gets | obj |
| 5 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 2 | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 big | punct |
| 7 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 11 big | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bag | det |
| 9 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 big | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 big | cop |
| 11 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gets | parataxis |
| 12 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 11 big | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Everyone | 2 | still | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 2=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | is | past | the bag | big, enough property | tree rules |
Option 4
He should have taken all 12
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 taken | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 taken | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 taken | aux |
| 4 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 12 | det |
| 6 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 taken | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | should · perfect | He | all 12 | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 12=Theme |
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