Test 6 · ★★ · Self-defence or just stupid?
«Sam just lay there when Callum shoved him lol what a wimp». Fair?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, Callum · What happens: lie, shove · To what, where: wimp, Sam
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: «Sam just lay there when Callum shoved him lol what a wimp».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 lay | punct |
| 2 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 lay | nsubj |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 lay | advmod |
| 4 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 lay | advmod |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 shoved | mark |
| 7 | Callum | Callum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 shoved | nsubj |
| 8 | shoved | shove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lay | advcl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 shoved | obj |
| 10 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 lay | discourse |
| 11 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 13 wimp | det:predet |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 wimp | det |
| 13 | wimp | wimp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lay | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 lay | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie in a quote | past | Sam | what wimp | there | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | shove in a quote | past | Callum | Sam | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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: Fair?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fair | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
No, because Sam was tired
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 tired | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 tired | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 tired | mark |
| 4 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 tired | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 tired | cop |
| 6 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Sam | tired property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, staying down stopped the fight getting worse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 stopped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 stopped | csubj |
| 4 | down | down | ADV | _ | 3 staying | advmod |
| 5 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fight | det |
| 7 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stopped | obj |
| 8 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 fight | acl |
| 9 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 getting | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay down | gerund | down property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stop | past | staying | the fight | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality fight=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | get | gerund | the fight not said here | bad property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Yes, he should have got up swinging at the bigger boy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | aux |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 got | aux |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 got | compound:prt |
| 8 | swinging | swing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 got | advcl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 boy | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 boy | det |
| 11 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 boy | amod |
| 12 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 swinging | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get up | should · perfect | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | swing | gerund | he not said here | at the bigger boy | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at boy=Trajectory |
Option 4
Yes, lying down is giving up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 lying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 giving | csubj |
| 4 | down | down | ADV | _ | 3 lying | advmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 giving | aux |
| 6 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 giving | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie down | gerund | down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | give up | present · progressive | lying | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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