Test 4 · Jake and the head teacher
«it's not FAIR I can't go to the zoo, the fight was last week!» What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, I, fight · What happens: not be, not go, be · To what, where: zoo, last week · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 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's not FAIR I can't go to the zoo, the fight was last week!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 FAIR | punct |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 FAIR | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 FAIR | cop |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 FAIR | advmod |
| 5 | FAIR | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 go | nsubj |
| 7 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 go | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 go | advmod |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 FAIR | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 zoo | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 zoo | det |
| 12 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 go | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 week | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 fight | det |
| 15 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 week | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 week | cop |
| 17 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 week | amod |
| 18 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 FAIR | conj |
| 19 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 FAIR | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 FAIR | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | present | it | fair property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not go in a quote | can | I | the zoo | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to zoo=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | past | the fight | last week | 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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 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 · ✓ the right answer
Consequences can come later and still come from the fight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Consequences | consequence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | aux |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 come | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 come | cc |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 come | advmod |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | conj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 fight | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fight | det |
| 10 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | can | Consequences | late property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | present | Consequences not said here | the fight | still | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from fight=Initial_Location |
Option 2
The zoo trip is only for good children, by law, so it is fair
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 trip | det |
| 2 | zoo | zoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 trip | compound |
| 3 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 children | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 children | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 children | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 children | case |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 children | amod |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 law | punct |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 law | case |
| 11 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 children | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 fair | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 fair | advmod |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 fair | expl |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 fair | cop |
| 16 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 children | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the zoo trip | for good children and law | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the zoo trip not said here | fair property | tree rules |
Option 3
Old fights don't count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 fights | amod |
| 2 | fights | fight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 count | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 count | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 count | advmod |
| 5 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | present · do-support | Old fights | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
He should go anyway and hide
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 | 3 go | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 3 go | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hide | cc |
| 6 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | should | He | anyway property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hide | present | He not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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