Test 8 · ★ · Girls who fight and double standards

«Maddie asked for it, she shoves everyone, so the punch was fine». Is it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maddie, punch · What happens: ask, shove, be · To what, where: everyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 381 «Girls who fight and double standards» 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: «Maddie asked for it, she shoves everyone, so the punch was fine».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct
2	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asked	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 shoves	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 shoves	nsubj
8	shoves	shove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asked	ccomp
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 shoves	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fine	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 fine	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 punch	det
13	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fine	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 fine	cop
15	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shoves	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 fine	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	past	Maddie		for it	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	shove in a quote	present	Maddie	everyone		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme
3	is in a quote	past	the punch		fine property	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	punch						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Yes, because she was the one who started it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 one	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 one	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 started	nsubj
9	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 started	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	she	the one					tree rules
2	start	past	the one	it					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Only if she shoved him first that same day in the line

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 shoved	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 shoved	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shoved	nsubj
4	shoved	shove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shoved	obj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 shoved	advmod
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 day	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shoved	obl:unmarked
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 line	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 line	det
12	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shoved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shove	past	she	him = he		the line	day	first property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in line=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, shoving should be reported, not punished with a punch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 reported	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	shoving	shove	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 reported	nsubj:pass
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 reported	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 reported	aux:pass
6	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 punished	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 punished	advmod
9	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 reported	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 punch	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 punch	det
12	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 punished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	shove	gerund		vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	report	should · passive		vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	not punish	participle	with a punch	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent with punch=Theme

Option 4

Yes, if it was only her nose that got hit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 nose	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 nose	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 nose	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 nose	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 nose	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 nose	advmod
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nose	nmod:poss
8	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 hit	nsubj:pass
10	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 hit	aux:pass
11	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 nose	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	her nose					tree rules
2	hit	past · passive		her nose					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme

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