Test 4 · ★★ · What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth
«gonna scrap him for that card, it's MINE». Jake did that once. What did it really cost?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, card, Jake · What happens: scrap, be, do, cost · To what, where: him, MINE, that
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: «gonna scrap him for that card, it's MINE».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 scrap | punct |
| 2 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 3 scrap | dep |
| 3 | scrap | scrap | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 scrap | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 card | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 card | det |
| 7 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scrap | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 MINE | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 MINE | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 MINE | cop |
| 11 | MINE | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 scrap | parataxis |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 MINE | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 scrap | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scrap in a quote | imperative | you not said here | him = he | for that card | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | card | MINE | 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: Jake did that once.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 did | obj |
| 4 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 did | advmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Jake | that | once property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
Sentence 3: What did it really cost?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 cost | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cost | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cost | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 cost | advmod |
| 5 | cost | cost | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 cost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cost | past · do-support | card | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme what=Value |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
A chipped tooth and a dentist's bill, for a common card
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 tooth | det |
| 2 | chipped | chip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 tooth | amod |
| 3 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 bill | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 dentist | det |
| 6 | dentist | dentist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bill | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 dentist | case |
| 8 | bill | bill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tooth | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 card | punct |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 card | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 card | det |
| 12 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 card | amod |
| 13 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tooth | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chip | participle | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | bill | a dentist | nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Nothing, because he got the card back in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 got | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 card | det |
| 7 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 end | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 end | det |
| 11 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | past | he | the card | in the end | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer card=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
A rare card for free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 card | det |
| 2 | rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 card | amod |
| 3 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 free | case |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 card | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A day off school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 day | det |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 school | case |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 day | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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