Test 5 · ★ · Jake, always in bruises
Your little brother gets in a fight and says «you do it all the time». What's best?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little brother, you · What happens: get, say, do, be · To what, where: fight · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Your little brother gets in a fight and says «you do it all the time».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brother | amod |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 fight | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fight | det |
| 7 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 says | cc |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 gets | conj |
| 10 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 do | punct |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 do | nsubj |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 says | ccomp |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 do | obj |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 time | det:predet |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 time | det |
| 16 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 do | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 do | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Your little brother | a fight | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Your little brother not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | do in a quote | present | you | fight | time | 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 best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 best | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 best | cop |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Admit it and change what you do, not just what you say
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admit | admit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Admit | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 change | cc |
| 4 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Admit | conj |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 do | obj |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 do | nsubj |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 change | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 what | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 what | advmod |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 what | advmod |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 1 Admit | obl |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 say | nsubj |
| 13 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | imperative | you not said here | it | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | change | infinitive | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | do | present | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | present | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Show him how to win next time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Show | iobj |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 win | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 win | mark |
| 5 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Show | ccomp |
| 6 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 time | amod |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | win | to-infinitive | time | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Tell Mum he's lying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 lying | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lying | aux |
| 5 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | Mum | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | lie | present · progressive | he | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Tell him he's far too young to be getting into fights at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 young | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 young | cop |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 young | advmod |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 young | advmod |
| 7 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 getting | mark |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 getting | aux |
| 10 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 young | advcl |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 fights | case |
| 12 | fights | fight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 getting | obl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 all | case |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 getting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | far, young property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | get | to-infinitive · progressive | he not said here | fights | at all | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into fight=Destination |
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