Test 5 · ★★ · What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth
«there's a fight round the back, come watch!» What's the safe choice?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: safe choice · What happens: come, be · To what, where: watch
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: «there's a fight round the back, come watch!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 's | punct |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 's | expl |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 come | aux |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fight | det |
| 5 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 's | nsubj |
| 6 | round | round | ADP | _ | 8 back | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 back | det |
| 8 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fight | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 come | punct |
| 10 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | watch | watch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 come | obj |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 come | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in a quote | present | watch | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location watch=Theme |
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 safe choice?
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 | 5 choice | det |
| 4 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 choice | amod |
| 5 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the safe choice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Push to the front to see better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Push | push | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 front | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 front | det |
| 4 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Push | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Push | advcl |
| 7 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | imperative | you not said here | the front | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent to front=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Cheer for your mate so he knows you're on his side
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cheer | cheer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 knows | nsubj |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 mate | case |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mate | nmod:poss |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cheer | nmod |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 knows | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 knows | nsubj |
| 7 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 side | nsubj |
| 9 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 side | cop |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 side | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 side | nmod:poss |
| 12 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 knows | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Cheer for your mate | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | present | you | Cheer's side | tree rules |
Option 3
Film it from close up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Film | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 4 close | mark |
| 4 | close | close | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Film | advcl |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 close | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close up | infinitive | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Walk away from it and tell an adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Walk | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 tell | cc |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Walk | conj |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 adult | det |
| 8 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk away | imperative | you not said here | it | away property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from it=Source | |||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
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