Test 2 · ★ · Taking too much
bro grabs the biggest pizza slice every time «cos i'm the oldest innit». Fair?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, i · What happens: grab, be · To what, where: biggest pizza slice, oldest innit
This is test 2 · ★ 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: bro grabs the biggest pizza slice every time «cos i'm the oldest innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grabs | nsubj |
| 2 | grabs | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 slice | det |
| 4 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 slice | amod |
| 5 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 slice | compound |
| 6 | slice | slice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grabs | obj |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 time | det |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grabs | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 10 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 15 innit | mark |
| 11 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 innit | nsubj |
| 12 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 innit | cop |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 innit | det |
| 14 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 15 innit | amod |
| 15 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grabs | parataxis |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 grabs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | present | bro | the biggest pizza slice | time | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | i | the oldest innit | 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: Fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fair | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Only on weekends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 weekends | advmod |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 weekends | case |
| 3 | weekends | weekend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Yes, the oldest always gets the most, that's fair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 oldest | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 oldest | det |
| 4 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 gets | advmod |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 most | det |
| 8 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 gets | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fair | punct |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 fair | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 fair | cop |
| 12 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 gets | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the oldest | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | present | that | fair property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if he grabs it fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 grabs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 grabs | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 grabs | nsubj |
| 5 | grabs | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 grabs | obj |
| 7 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 grabs | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | present | he | it | fast property | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, being oldest does not mean the biggest share
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 oldest | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 oldest | cop |
| 4 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 mean | nsubj |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mean | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 mean | advmod |
| 7 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 share | det |
| 9 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 share | amod |
| 10 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | old property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not mean | present · do-support | oldest | the biggest share | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Topic |
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