Test 7 · ★ · What fights cost at school
«I'm missing the final cos of a detention for one stupid fight, it's so unfair». What's the real lesson?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, it, real lesson · What happens: miss, be · To what, where: final cos · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: «I'm missing the final cos of a detention for one stupid fight, it's so unfair».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 missing | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 missing | nsubj |
| 3 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 missing | aux |
| 4 | missing | miss | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 unfair | csubj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cos | det |
| 6 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cos | amod |
| 7 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 missing | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 detention | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 detention | det |
| 10 | detention | detention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cos | nmod |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 fight | case |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 fight | nummod |
| 13 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 fight | amod |
| 14 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 missing | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 missing | punct |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 unfair | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 unfair | cop |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 unfair | advmod |
| 19 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 unfair | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 unfair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss in a quote | present · progressive | I | the final cos of a detention | for one stupid fight | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer cos=Stimulus for fight=Attribute | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | it | unfair 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: What's the real lesson?
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 lesson | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lesson | amod |
| 5 | lesson | lesson | 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 real lesson | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Detentions should never be allowed to fall on match days at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detentions | detention | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 allowed | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 fall | mark |
| 7 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 allowed | xcomp |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 days | case |
| 9 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 days | compound |
| 10 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 fall | obl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 all | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 fall | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | should · passive | Detentions | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | fall not said to happen | to-infinitive | Detentions not said here | all | day | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location |
Option 2
The coach was always against her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 coach | det |
| 2 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 her | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 her | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 her | advmod |
| 5 | against | against | ADP | _ | 6 her | case |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the coach | against her = she; always property | tree rules |
Option 3
The team didn't need her anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 team | det |
| 2 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 need | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 need | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 need | advmod |
| 5 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 need | obj |
| 7 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 5 need | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | past · do-support | the team | her = she | anyway property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
One fight can cost you the thing you love most
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 fight | nummod |
| 2 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cost | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 cost | aux |
| 4 | cost | cost | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 cost | iobj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cost | obj |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 love | nsubj |
| 9 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 thing | acl:relcl |
| 10 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 cost | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cost | can | One fight | the thing | you | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme you=Beneficiary thing=Value | |||
| 2 | love | present | you | the thing not said here | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |
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