Test 10 · ★ · What fights cost at home
«just hit him back, what's the worst that can happen». Which is the most honest answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: hit back, be, happen · To what, where: him, honest answer
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 376 «What fights cost at home» 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: «just hit him back, what's the worst that can happen».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 hit | punct |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 hit | advmod |
| 3 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hit | obj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 hit | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 worst | punct |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 worst | obj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 worst | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 worst | det |
| 10 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 hit | parataxis |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 happen | nsubj |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 happen | aux |
| 13 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 worst | acl:relcl |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 worst | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit back in a quote | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | bad property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | happen in a quote | can | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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: Which is the most honest answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 answer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 answer | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 answer | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 honest | advmod |
| 5 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 answer | amod |
| 6 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the honest answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, if you hit hard enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 hit | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 hit | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 hit | nsubj |
| 5 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | acl:relcl |
| 6 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 hit | advmod |
| 7 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 5 hit | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | present | you | enough, hard property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Suspension, injuries, police and a family that pays for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suspension | suspension | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 injuries | punct |
| 3 | injuries | injury | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Suspension | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 police | punct |
| 5 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Suspension | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 family | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 family | det |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Suspension | conj |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 pays | nsubj |
| 10 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Suspension | acl:relcl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 pays | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | Suspension and injuries and police and a family | for family | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme |
Option 3
Only a telling-off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 off | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 off | det |
| 3 | telling | telling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 off | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 telling | punct |
| 5 | off | off | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
You get famous at school and nobody picks on you again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 get | xcomp |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 school | case |
| 5 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 picks | cc |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 picks | nsubj |
| 8 | picks | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 get | conj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 you | case |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 picks | obl |
| 11 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 picks | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | You | school | famous property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | pick | present | nobody | again | on you | vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent on you=Patient |
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