Test 7 · Walking away
«mate dared me to go sort out that kid from Station Road, gonna do it». What's a good way out?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, good way · What happens: dare, go, sort out, do, be · To what, where: me, kid, Station Road
This is test 7 of lesson 371 «Walking away» 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: «mate dared me to go sort out that kid from Station Road, gonna do it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 dared | punct |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dared | nsubj |
| 3 | dared | dare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 dared | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 dared | xcomp |
| 7 | sort | sort | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 go | xcomp |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 sort | compound:prt |
| 9 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 kid | det |
| 10 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sort | obj |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 Road | case |
| 12 | Station | Station | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Road | compound |
| 13 | Road | Road | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 kid | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 do | punct |
| 15 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 16 do | dep |
| 16 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 sort | conj |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 do | obj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 dared | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dare in a quote | past | mate | me | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go in a quote | to-infinitive | mate not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | sort out in a quote | infinitive | mate not said here | that kid | Station Road | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme | |||
| 4 | do in a quote | infinitive | mate not said here | kid | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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 a good way out?
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 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 5 way | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good way | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Say no with a joke, like having something better to do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 1 Say | discourse |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 joke | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 joke | det |
| 5 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 having | punct |
| 7 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 8 having | mark |
| 8 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 9 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 having | obj |
| 10 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 having | xcomp |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 do | mark |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 better | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | with a joke | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | have | gerund | something | good property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | ||||
| 3 | do | to-infinitive | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Do it, but tell nobody
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Do | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 tell | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 tell | cc |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Do | conj |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | nobody | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient |
Option 3
Get someone else to do it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Get | obj |
| 3 | else | else | ADV | _ | 2 someone | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 do | mark |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Get | xcomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | someone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | someone not said here | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 4
Go, but only shove him a little bit so he doesn't get hurt
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 shove | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 shove | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 shove | advmod |
| 5 | shove | shove | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 shove | obj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bit | det |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bit | amod |
| 9 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shove | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 15 hurt | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 hurt | nsubj |
| 12 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 hurt | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 hurt | advmod |
| 14 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 hurt | aux:pass |
| 15 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 shove | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | shove | infinitive | you not said here | him = he | a little bit obl:unmarked | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 3 | not hurt | present · passive · do-support | he | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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