Test 1 · ★★ · What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth
«he banged his head and he's just lying there quiet, he's fine yeah?» Best move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: bang, lie, be · To what, where: head
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 374 «What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth» 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 banged his head and he's just lying there quiet, he's fine yeah?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 banged | punct |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 banged | nsubj |
| 3 | banged | bang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 head | nmod:poss |
| 5 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 banged | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 lying | cc |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 lying | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 lying | aux |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 lying | advmod |
| 10 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 banged | conj |
| 11 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 lying | advmod |
| 12 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 lying | xcomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 fine | punct |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 fine | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 fine | cop |
| 16 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 banged | advcl |
| 17 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 16 fine | discourse |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 banged | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 banged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bang in a quote | past | he | his head | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lie in a quote | present · progressive | he | there | quiet property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | he | fine 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: Best move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 move | amod |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 move | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Splash water and leave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Splash | splash | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Splash | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 leave | cc |
| 4 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Splash | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | splash | imperative | you not said here | water | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location water=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | you not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, call 999 and get an adult now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 call | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | 999 | 999 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 call | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 get | cc |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 call | conj |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 adult | det |
| 8 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obj |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | imperative | you not said here | 999 | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yes, let him sleep it off on the bench
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 let | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 let | obj |
| 5 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 let | xcomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sleep | obj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 sleep | compound:prt |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 bench | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bench | det |
| 10 | bench | bench | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sleep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sleep off | infinitive | him = he not said here | it | the bench | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Walk him home on your own
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Walk | obj |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 own | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 own | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Walk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | imperative | you not said here | him = he | your own | home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme on own=Trajectory |
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