Test 9 · ★★ · Self-defence or just stupid?
«she pushed him off when he grabbed her hood, she's gonna get excluded». Will she, fairly?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: she, he · What happens: push off, grab, exclude · To what, where: him, hood, she
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: «she pushed him off when he grabbed her hood, she's gonna get excluded».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 pushed | punct |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pushed | nsubj |
| 3 | pushed | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pushed | obj |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 pushed | compound:prt |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 grabbed | advmod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 grabbed | nsubj |
| 8 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 pushed | advcl |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 hood | nmod:poss |
| 10 | hood | hood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 grabbed | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 excluded | punct |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 excluded | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 excluded | aux |
| 14 | gonna | gonna | PART | _ | 16 excluded | mark |
| 15 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 excluded | aux:pass |
| 16 | excluded | exclude | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 pushed | parataxis |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 excluded | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 pushed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push off in a quote | past | she | him = he | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | grab in a quote | past | he | her hood | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hood=Theme | ||||
| 3 | exclude in a quote | present · passive | she | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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: Will she, fairly?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fairly | aux |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fairly | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 fairly | punct |
| 4 | fairly | fairly | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fairly | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She shouldn't be, she only pushed him off to get free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 pushed | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 be | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 be | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 She | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 pushed | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 pushed | nsubj |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 pushed | advmod |
| 8 | pushed | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 pushed | obj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 pushed | compound:prt |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 get | mark |
| 12 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 pushed | advcl |
| 13 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not be | should | She not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | push off | past | She | him = he | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get | to-infinitive | She not said here | free property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Only if he cried
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 cried | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 cried | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cried | nsubj |
| 4 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | past | he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, all pushing gets you excluded, whoever started it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 gets | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 gets | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | pushing | push | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 all | nmod |
| 5 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 started | advcl |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 excluded | nsubj |
| 7 | excluded | exclude | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 gets | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 started | punct |
| 9 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 started | nsubj |
| 10 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 started | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | gerund | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | get | present | all | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | exclude | past | you | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer | |||||
| 4 | start | past | whoever | it | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 4
Yes, girls can't push boys
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 push | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 push | nsubj |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 push | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 push | advmod |
| 6 | push | push | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 push | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not push | can | girls | boys | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |
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