Test 1 · ★★ · Self-defence or just stupid?
«he looked at me dead funny so i decked him, self-defence innit». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: he, i, innit · What happens: look, deck, be · To what, where: him
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 377 «Self-defence or just stupid?» 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: «he looked at me dead funny so i decked him, self-defence innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 looked | punct |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 looked | nsubj |
| 3 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 me | case |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 looked | obl |
| 6 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 funny | amod |
| 7 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 looked | xcomp |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 decked | advmod |
| 9 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 decked | nsubj |
| 10 | decked | deck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 looked | advcl |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 decked | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 innit | punct |
| 13 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 defence | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 self | punct |
| 15 | defence | defence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 innit | compound |
| 16 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 decked | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 looked | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 looked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look in a quote | past | he | at me; funny property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at i=Theme | ||||
| 2 | deck in a quote | past | i | him = he | defence innit obl | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination |
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: Is it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Is | nsubj |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | innit | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Yes, a dirty look counts as one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 counts | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 look | det |
| 4 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 look | amod |
| 5 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 counts | nsubj |
| 6 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 one | case |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 counts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | a dirty look | as one | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as one=Attribute |
Option 2
Only if he's older than you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 older | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 older | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 older | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 older | cop |
| 5 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 older | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | than you; old property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, a look isn't an attack
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 attack | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 look | det |
| 4 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 attack | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 attack | cop |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 attack | advmod |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 attack | det |
| 8 | attack | attack | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | a look | a attack | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, if he looked at you twice, it's an attack
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 looked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 looked | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 looked | nsubj |
| 5 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 looked | obl |
| 8 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 looked | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 attack | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 attack | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 attack | cop |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 attack | det |
| 13 | attack | attack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 looked | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | he | at you; twice property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at you=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a attack | tree rules |
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