Test 2 · Maddie the tomboy
«girls can't box, that's just a fact». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, fact · What happens: be · To what, where: fact
This is test 2 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: «girls can't box, that's just a fact».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 box | punct |
| 2 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 box | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 box | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 box | advmod |
| 5 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fact | punct |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 fact | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 fact | cop |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 fact | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 fact | det |
| 11 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 box | parataxis |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 fact | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 box | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | that | a fact | tree rules |
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 | fact | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, many girls and women box in clubs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 girls | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 girls | punct |
| 3 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 girls | amod |
| 4 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 box | cc |
| 6 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 box | compound |
| 7 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 girls | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 clubs | case |
| 9 | clubs | club | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 box | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Only girls over 30 can box
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 girls | advmod |
| 2 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 can | nsubj |
| 3 | over | over | ADP | _ | 4 30 | case |
| 4 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 girls | nmod |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 can | nsubj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yes, it's against the rules
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 rules | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 rules | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 rules | cop |
| 5 | against | against | ADP | _ | 7 rules | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rules | det |
| 7 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | against the rules | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, girls just aren't strong enough to box
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 strong | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 strong | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 strong | advmod |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 strong | cop |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 strong | advmod |
| 7 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 7 strong | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 box | mark |
| 10 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 strong | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | girls | enough, strong property | tree rules |
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