Test 8 · ★ · What fights cost at school
«Sam's mum don't want him near me, I never even hit Sam!» What's true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, I · What happens: not want, not hit, be · To what, where: Sam
This is test 8 · ★ 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: «Sam's mum don't want him near me, I never even hit Sam!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 want | punct |
| 2 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mum | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Sam | case |
| 4 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 want | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 want | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 want | advmod |
| 7 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 want | obj |
| 9 | near | near | ADP | _ | 10 me | case |
| 10 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 want | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 hit | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 hit | nsubj |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 15 hit | advmod |
| 14 | even | even | ADV | _ | 15 hit | advmod |
| 15 | hit | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 want | parataxis |
| 16 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 hit | obj |
| 17 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 want | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not want in a quote | present · do-support | Sam's mum | Sam | near me | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | |||
| 2 | not hit in a quote | infinitive | I | Sam | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sam=Co-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 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
Sam must have lied
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 lied | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 lied | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 lied | aux |
| 4 | lied | lie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | must · perfect | Sam | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Sam's mum has no right to worry about who Sam plays with
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sam | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 right | det |
| 6 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 worry | mark |
| 8 | worry | worry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 right | acl |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 worry | obl |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 plays | nsubj |
| 11 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 plays | nsubj |
| 12 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 right | acl:relcl |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 plays | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Sam's mum | no right | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient | ||||
| 2 | worry | to-infinitive | Sam's mum not said here | no right not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | play with | present | no right | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
After a fight, trust has to be earned back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 fight | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fight | det |
| 3 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 fight | punct |
| 5 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 earned | mark |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 earned | aux:pass |
| 9 | earned | earn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 has | xcomp |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 earned | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | trust | after a fight | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | earn back | to-infinitive · passive | trust not said here | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP» |
Option 4
Jake should go round and argue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 go | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | round | round | ADV | _ | 3 go | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 argue | cc |
| 6 | argue | argue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 go | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go round | should | Jake | round property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | argue speech: disagree | infinitive | Jake not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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