Test 9 · ★★ · What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth

«she called him names so she deserved the wall, innit». What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: call, deserve, be · To what, where: him, wall · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: «she called him names so she deserved the wall, innit».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	obj
5	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	obj
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 deserved	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 deserved	nsubj
8	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wall	det
10	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deserved	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wall	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call in a quote	past	she	him = he					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme name=Result
2	deserve in a quote	past	she	the wall and innit					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

Name-calling is worse than pushing, so she got what she asked for

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calling	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Name	punct
3	calling	calling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worse	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 worse	cop
5	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	SCONJ	_	7 pushing	mark
7	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 worse	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 got	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 got	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 got	nsubj
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 worse	conj
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 asked	obj
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 asked	nsubj
14	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 got	advcl
15	for	for	ADP	_	11 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Name calling	bad property	tree rules
2	push	gerund	Name calling not said here		vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	get	past	she		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	ask speech: ask	past	she		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Nobody deserves to be hurt; name-calling still has a cost too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 deserves	nsubj
2	deserves	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 hurt	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 hurt	aux:pass
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 deserves	xcomp
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 has	punct
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 calling	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 name	punct
9	calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 has	csubj
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 has	advmod
11	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 deserves	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cost	det
13	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 has	obj
14	too	too	ADV	_	11 has	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	deserve	present	Nobody			tree rules
2	hurt	to-infinitive · passive	Nobody not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
3	call	gerund				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	have	present	calling	a cost	still	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cost=Patient

Option 3

It was nobody's fault at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fault	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fault	cop
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 fault	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 nobody	case
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 fault	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	nobody's fault		all			tree rules

Option 4

She deserved to break her wrist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 deserved	nsubj
2	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 break	mark
4	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 deserved	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 wrist	nmod:poss
6	wrist	wrist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deserve	past	She						tree rules
2	break	to-infinitive	She not said here	her wrist					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wrist=Patient

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