Test 8 · Jake and the head teacher
«on report = loser card». What did it really become for Jake?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: become
This is test 8 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: «on report = loser card».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 report | punct |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 report | case |
| 3 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | = | = | SYM | _ | 6 card | punct |
| 5 | loser | loser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 card | compound |
| 6 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 report | conj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 report | punct |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 report | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: What did it really become for Jake?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 become | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 become | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 become | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 become | advmod |
| 5 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 Jake | case |
| 7 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 become | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 become | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past · do-support | for Jake | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
The options
Option 1
A card that nobody ever bothered to read
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 card | det |
| 2 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 bothered | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 bothered | nsubj |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 bothered | advmod |
| 6 | bothered | bother | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 card | acl:relcl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 read | mark |
| 8 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 bothered | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bother | participle · passive | a card | ever | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | read | to-infinitive | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
A punishment that never ended, all through the year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 punishment | det |
| 2 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ended | nsubj |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 ended | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 ended | advmod |
| 5 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 year | punct |
| 7 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 year | advmod |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 year | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 year | det |
| 10 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ended | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not end | past | a punishment | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Proof that he was getting better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 getting | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 getting | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 getting | aux |
| 5 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Proof | acl |
| 6 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 getting | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · progressive | he | Proof not said here | good property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer proof=Stimulus |
Option 4
A list of every single mistake he made
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 list | det |
| 2 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 mistake | case |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 mistake | det |
| 5 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 mistake | amod |
| 6 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 list | nmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 made | nsubj |
| 8 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 mistake | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | he | every single mistake not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Product | ||||
| 2 | list | every single mistake | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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