Test 2 · ★ · What fights cost at home
Kid at the rec: «just smash his window, his mum'll pay, not our problem». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: smash, pay, be · To what, where: window, problem
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Kid at the rec: «just smash his window, his mum'll pay, not our problem».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 rec | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rec | det |
| 4 | rec | rec | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kid | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 smash | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 smash | punct |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 smash | advmod |
| 8 | smash | smash | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Kid | parataxis |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 window | nmod:poss |
| 10 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 smash | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 pay | punct |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 mum | nmod:poss |
| 13 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 pay | nsubj |
| 14 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 pay | aux |
| 15 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 smash | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 problem | punct |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 problem | advmod |
| 18 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 problem | nmod:poss |
| 19 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 pay | obj |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 problem | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smash in a quote | infinitive | Kid's window | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pay in a quote | future | Kid's mum | our problem | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Asset |
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
Windows are free to replace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 free | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 free | cop |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 replace | mark |
| 5 | replace | replace | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 free | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Windows | free property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | replace | to-infinitive | Windows not said here | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Damage costs a family real money and it's wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damage | damage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 costs | nsubj |
| 2 | costs | cost | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 money | det |
| 4 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 money | compound |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 money | amod |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 costs | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 wrong | cc |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 wrong | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 wrong | cop |
| 10 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 costs | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cost | present | Damage | a family real money | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Damage | wrong property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nobody ever pays for broken windows, they just get fixed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 pays | nsubj |
| 2 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 pays | advmod |
| 3 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 windows | case |
| 5 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 windows | amod |
| 6 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pays | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 get | nsubj |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 get | advmod |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 pays | conj |
| 11 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | Nobody | ever | for broken windows | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for window=Theme | |||
| 2 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | get | present | windows = window | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | fix | participle | windows = window not said here | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
His mum will happily pay for it out of her purse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pay | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 pay | aux |
| 4 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 5 pay | advmod |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pay | obl |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 purse | case |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 purse | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 purse | nmod:poss |
| 11 | purse | purse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | future | His mum | mum's purse | for it; happily property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme |
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