Test 10 · Our street against theirs
«just go round and get our ball back off them, smash a window if u have to». Wise move?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, u · What happens: go round, get back, smash, have · To what, where: ball, window
This is test 10 of lesson 382 «Our street against theirs» 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: «just go round and get our ball back off them, smash a window if u have to».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 go | punct |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 go | advmod |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | round | round | ADV | _ | 3 go | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 get | cc |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | conj |
| 7 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 ball | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 get | advmod |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 them | case |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 get | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 smash | punct |
| 13 | smash | smash | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 window | det |
| 15 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 smash | obj |
| 16 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 18 have | mark |
| 17 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 have | nsubj |
| 18 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 smash | advcl |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 have | xcomp |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 have | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go round in a quote | imperative | you not said here | round property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get back in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | our ball | off them = they | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ball=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | smash in a quote | infinitive | you not said here | a window | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Theme | ||||
| 4 | have a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | u | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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: Wise move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 move | amod |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 move | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Take one of their bikes in swap for the ball
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Take | obj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 bikes | case |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 bikes | nmod:poss |
| 5 | bikes | bike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 one | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 swap | case |
| 7 | swap | swap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 ball | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ball | det |
| 10 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | one of their bikes | swap | for the ball | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent one=Value in swap=Location |
Option 2
Smash just one window so they know
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smash | smash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 know | nsubj |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 window | advmod |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 window | nummod |
| 4 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Smash | nmod |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 know | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 know | nsubj |
| 7 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Smash one window | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ask an adult to help talk to them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 adult | det |
| 3 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 help | mark |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 6 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 help | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | a adult | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | help not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | talk not said to happen | infinitive | you not said here | them = they | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent |
Option 4
Go at night so nobody sees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 night | case |
| 3 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 sees | advmod |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 sees | nsubj |
| 6 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | night | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | present | nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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