Test 1 · ★ · Jake, always in bruises
«Jake's got a massive shiner, he must've won a fight, legend». What's more likely true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake · What happens: get, win, be · To what, where: massive shiner, fight
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 372 «Jake, always in bruises» 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: «Jake's got a massive shiner, he must've won a fight, legend».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 2 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 won | parataxis |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shiner | det |
| 6 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shiner | amod |
| 7 | shiner | shiner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 won | nsubj |
| 10 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 won | aux |
| 11 | 've | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 won | aux |
| 12 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 fight | det |
| 14 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 won | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 legend | punct |
| 16 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fight | appos |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 legend | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 won | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · passive | Jake | a massive shiner | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shiner=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | win in a quote | must · perfect | Jake | a fight | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=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 more likely true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 true | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 true | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 true | amod |
| 5 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A bruise always means you won the fight, whatever happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bruise | det |
| 2 | bruise | bruise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 means | advmod |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 won | nsubj |
| 6 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fight | det |
| 8 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 won | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 happened | punct |
| 10 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 happened | nsubj |
| 11 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | a bruise | always property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | win | past | you | the fight | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | happen | past | whatever | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Only winners get bruises
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 winners | advmod |
| 2 | winners | winner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | bruises | bruise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | winners | bruises | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bruise=Stimulus |
Option 3
Bruises mean you are the strongest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruises | bruise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 strongest | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 strongest | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 strongest | det |
| 6 | strongest | strong | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 mean | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Bruises | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | you | strong property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A bruise only shows someone got hurt, not that they won
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bruise | det |
| 2 | bruise | bruise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 shows | advmod |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 hurt | aux:pass |
| 7 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 shows | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 won | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 won | advmod |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 won | mark |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 won | nsubj |
| 12 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 shows | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a bruise | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | hurt | past · passive | someone | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | not win | past | they | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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