Test 4 · ★ · Jake, always in bruises
«he punched a wall after we lost lol, wall 1 Jake 0». What's the real lesson?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, we, real lesson · What happens: punch, lose, be · To what, where: wall
This is test 4 · ★ 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: «he punched a wall after we lost lol, wall 1 Jake 0».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 punched | punct |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 punched | nsubj |
| 3 | punched | punch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 wall | det |
| 5 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 punched | obj |
| 6 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 8 lost | mark |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 lost | nsubj |
| 8 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 punched | advcl |
| 9 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 3 punched | discourse |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 0 | punct |
| 11 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 0 | nsubj |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 wall | flat |
| 13 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 0 | nmod:unmarked |
| 14 | 0 | 0 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 punched | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 punched | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 punched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punch in a quote | past | he | a wall | 0 Jake obl | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient | |||
| 2 | lose in a quote | past | we | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 real lesson?
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 | 5 lesson | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lesson | amod |
| 5 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real lesson | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Walls are fine to punch if you're angry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 punch | mark |
| 5 | punch | punch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 fine | csubj |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 angry | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 angry | nsubj |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 angry | cop |
| 9 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 punch | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Walls | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | punch | to-infinitive | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | you | angry property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Walls always win; anger needs a safer place to go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 win | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 win | advmod |
| 3 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 needs | advcl |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 win | punct |
| 5 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 needs | nsubj |
| 6 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 place | det |
| 8 | safer | safe | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 place | amod |
| 9 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 needs | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 go | mark |
| 11 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 place | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | Walls | always property | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | need | present | anger | a safer place | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot place=Theme | ||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | anger not said here | a safer place not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Losing a match means you must go and hit something hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Losing | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | csubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 match | det |
| 3 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Losing | obj |
| 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 | 7 go | nsubj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 go | aux |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 hit | cc |
| 9 | hit | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 go | conj |
| 10 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 hit | obj |
| 11 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 something | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | gerund | a match | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | Losing | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | go | must | you | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | hit | infinitive | you not said here | something | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme something=Co-Theme |
Option 4
He should have punched a softer wall
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 punched | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 punched | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 punched | aux |
| 4 | punched | punch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 wall | det |
| 6 | softer | soft | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 wall | amod |
| 7 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 punched | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punch | should · perfect | He | a softer wall | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient |
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