Test 4 · ★ · Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry
Coach takes u off at half time, u scream «this is a joke!». Next week you're on the bench. Why?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Coach, u, this, you · What happens: take off, scream, be · To what, where: u, joke, bench · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 355 «Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry» 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 takes u off at half time, u scream «this is a joke!».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 takes | nsubj |
| 2 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 takes | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 takes | compound:prt |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 time | case |
| 6 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 7 time | compound |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 takes | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 scream | punct |
| 9 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 scream | nsubj |
| 10 | scream | scream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 takes | conj |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 joke | punct |
| 12 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 joke | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 joke | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 joke | det |
| 15 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 scream | obl |
| 16 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 scream | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 scream | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 takes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take off | present | Coach | u | time | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||
| 2 | scream speech: express | present | u | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | this | a joke | 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: Next week you're on the bench.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 week | amod |
| 2 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bench | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 bench | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bench | cop |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 bench | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bench | det |
| 7 | bench | bench | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 bench | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | you | the bench | week | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
The coach just hates you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 coach | det |
| 2 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hates | nsubj |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 hates | advmod |
| 4 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 hates | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | the coach | you | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 2
Benches are random
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benches | bench | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 random | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 random | cop |
| 3 | random | random | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Benches | random property | tree rules |
Option 3
Half time is the rule
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Half | half | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 2 time | amod |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rule | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rule | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rule | det |
| 5 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Half time | the rule | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Shouting at the coach has consequences
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 has | csubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 coach | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 coach | det |
| 4 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shouting | obl |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | consequences | consequence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | gerund | the coach | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | have | present | Shouting | consequences | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Patient |
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