Test 3 · Jake and the head teacher
«it was over the queue?? that's well stupid» — Jake's mate. What's the lesson?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, that, lesson · What happens: be · To what, where: queue
This is test 3 of lesson 373 «Jake and the head teacher» 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: «it was over the queue?? that's well stupid» — Jake's mate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 queue | punct |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 queue | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 queue | cop |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 queue | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 queue | det |
| 6 | queue | queue | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 11 stupid | punct |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 stupid | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 stupid | cop |
| 10 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 stupid | advmod |
| 11 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 queue | parataxis |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 stupid | punct |
| 13 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 queue | punct |
| 14 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 mate | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 Jake | case |
| 16 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 queue | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 queue | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | it | the queue | Jake's mate nmod | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | that | stupid, well property | 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: What's the 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 | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the lesson | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The other boy was right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boy | det |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 boy | amod |
| 3 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 right | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 right | cop |
| 5 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the other boy | right property | tree rules |
Option 2
Queues are worth fighting for
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queues | queue | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 worth | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 worth | cop |
| 3 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | fighting | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 worth | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 fighting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Queues | worth property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fight | gerund | Queues not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Jake should push harder next time so he gets to the front of the queue
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 push | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 push | aux |
| 3 | push | push | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 time | amod |
| 5 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 time | amod |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 push | obj |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 gets | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 push | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 front | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 front | det |
| 12 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 queue | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 queue | det |
| 15 | queue | queue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | should | Jake | time | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | get | present | Jake | to the front of the queue result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to front=Result |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Many fights are about almost nothing when you look closely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 fights | amod |
| 2 | fights | fight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 nothing | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 nothing | cop |
| 4 | about | about | ADV | _ | 6 nothing | advmod |
| 5 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 6 nothing | advmod |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 look | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 look | nsubj |
| 9 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 nothing | advcl |
| 10 | closely | closely | ADV | _ | 9 look | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Many fights | nothing | about, almost property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | look | present | you | closely property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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