Test 10 · Maddie the tomboy
«boxing club's the same as scrapping in the street innit». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boxing club, club · What happens: be, scrap · To what, where: street innit
This is test 10 of lesson 378 «Maddie the tomboy» 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: «boxing club's the same as scrapping in the street innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 same | punct |
| 2 | boxing | boxing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 club | compound |
| 3 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 same | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 same | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 same | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 scrapping | mark |
| 8 | scrapping | scrap | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 same | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 innit | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 innit | det |
| 11 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 innit | compound |
| 12 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 scrapping | obl |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 same | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 same | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | boxing club | same property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | scrap in a quote | gerund | boxing club not said here | the street innit | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=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: 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 | club | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, a club has rules, coaches and safety gear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 club | det |
| 4 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 has | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 coaches | punct |
| 8 | coaches | coach | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 rules | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 gear | cc |
| 10 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gear | compound |
| 11 | gear | gear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rules | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a club | rules and coaches and safety gear | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |
Option 2
Yes, exactly the same
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 same | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 5 same | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 same | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
No, the club is much more dangerous than a fight in the street
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 dangerous | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 club | det |
| 4 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dangerous | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 dangerous | cop |
| 6 | much | much | ADV | _ | 7 more | advmod |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 dangerous | advmod |
| 8 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | than | than | ADP | _ | 11 fight | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 fight | det |
| 11 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dangerous | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 street | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 street | det |
| 14 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fight | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the club | than a fight in the street; dangerous property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, but with a bit less shouting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 shouting | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 shouting | cc |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 bit | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bit | det |
| 6 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 less | obl |
| 7 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 shouting | advmod |
| 8 | shouting | shouting | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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