Test 6 · ★ · What fights cost at home
«Maddie's dad missed his job thing cos she bust her wrist fighting, gutted for him». Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, Maddie · What happens: miss, bust, gut, fight, be · To what, where: job thing, wrist fighting
This is test 6 · ★ 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: «Maddie's dad missed his job thing cos she bust her wrist fighting, gutted for him».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 missed | punct |
| 2 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Maddie | case |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 missed | nsubj |
| 5 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 thing | nmod:poss |
| 7 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 thing | compound |
| 8 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 missed | obj |
| 9 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 11 bust | mark |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 bust | nsubj |
| 11 | bust | bust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 missed | advcl |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 fighting | nmod:poss |
| 13 | wrist | wrist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fighting | compound |
| 14 | fighting | fighting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bust | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 gutted | punct |
| 16 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 fighting | acl |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 him | case |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 gutted | obl |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 gutted | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 missed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss in a quote | past | Maddie's dad | dad's job thing | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | bust in a quote | past | Maddie | Maddie's wrist fighting | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fighting=Patient | ||||
| 3 | gut in a quote | participle | Maddie's wrist fighting not said here | for dad | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | fight in a quote | Maddie | nom fighting «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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
A wrist heals in a day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 wrist | det |
| 2 | wrist | wrist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 heals | nsubj |
| 3 | heals | heal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 day | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 heals | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heal | present | a wrist | day | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Fights only hurt the fighter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fights | fight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hurt | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 hurt | advmod |
| 3 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fighter | det |
| 5 | fighter | fighter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | past | Fights | the fighter | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fighter=Patient |
Option 3
He can always get the same interview next day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 interview | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 interview | amod |
| 7 | interview | interview | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| 8 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 day | amod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | can | He | the same interview | day | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer interview=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
One fight can cost a parent a big chance
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 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 parent | det |
| 6 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cost | obj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 chance | det |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 chance | amod |
| 9 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cost | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cost | can | One fight | a parent | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme parent=Beneficiary chance=Value |
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