Test 4 · ★ · What fights cost at school
Teacher in the meeting: «Maddie, tell me what YOU did — not Connor». What's the best start?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maddie, YOU, best start · What happens: tell, do, be · To what, where: Connor, Maddie · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 375 «What fights cost at school» 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: Teacher in the meeting: «Maddie, tell me what YOU did — not Connor».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 meeting | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 meeting | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 meeting | det |
| 4 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 tell | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 tell | punct |
| 7 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 tell | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Maddie | punct |
| 9 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 meeting | parataxis |
| 10 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 tell | iobj |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 did | obj |
| 12 | YOU | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 did | nsubj |
| 13 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 tell | ccomp |
| 14 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 Connor | punct |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 Connor | advmod |
| 16 | Connor | Connor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 tell | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 tell | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 meeting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | Maddie | Connor | Maddie | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | do in a quote | past | YOU | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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 best start?
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 start | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 start | amod |
| 5 | start | start | 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 best start | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
«I didn't do anything»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 do | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 do | advmod |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 do | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do in a quote | past · do-support | I | anything | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
«Ask Connor, it's his fault»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ask | punct |
| 2 | Ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 fault | csubj |
| 3 | Connor | Connor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Ask | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ask | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fault | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fault | cop |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 fault | nmod:poss |
| 8 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 fault | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask in a quote | infinitive | Connor | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent connor=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | Connor's fault | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
«I shoved him first»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 shoved | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 shoved | nsubj |
| 3 | shoved | shove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 shoved | obj |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 shoved | advmod |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 shoved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shove in a quote | past | I | him = he | first property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4
«He punched me, that's what happened»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 punched | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 punched | nsubj |
| 3 | punched | punch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 punched | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 what | punct |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 what | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 what | cop |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 punched | obl |
| 9 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 what | acl:relcl |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 punched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punch in a quote | past | He | me | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | that | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | happen in a quote | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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