Test 5 · Our street against theirs
Jake's at the bus stop and both streets shout «traitor!». What's true about Jake?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake, streets · What happens: be, shout · To what, where: bus stop, traitor
This is test 5 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: Jake's at the bus stop and both streets shout «traitor!».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stop | cop |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 stop | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stop | det |
| 5 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stop | compound |
| 6 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 shout | cc |
| 8 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 streets | det |
| 9 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 shout | nsubj |
| 10 | shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stop | conj |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 traitor | punct |
| 12 | traitor | traitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shout | obj |
| 13 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 12 traitor | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 traitor | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 stop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Jake | the bus stop | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | present | both streets | traitor | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traitor=Topic |
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: What's true about Jake?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 Jake | case |
| 5 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about Jake; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
He should fight both sides
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fight | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 fight | aux |
| 3 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 sides | det |
| 5 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fight | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | should | He | both sides | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Co-Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He has to choose a side by Friday or he's out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 choose | mark |
| 4 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 has | xcomp |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 side | det |
| 6 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 choose | obj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 Friday | case |
| 8 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 choose | obl |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 out | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 out | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 out | cop |
| 12 | out | out | ADV | _ | 2 has | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | choose | to-infinitive | He not said here | a side | friday | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme | |||
| 3 | is | present | he | out property | tree rules |
Option 3
He's a traitor to both sides
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 traitor | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 traitor | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 traitor | det |
| 4 | traitor | traitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 sides | case |
| 6 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 sides | det |
| 7 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 traitor | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a traitor | to both sides | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He's done nothing wrong; it's not about him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 done | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 done | aux |
| 3 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 done | obj |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 nothing | amod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 done | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 him | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 him | cop |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 him | advmod |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 done | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · passive | He | nothing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | not is | present | it | about him = he | tree rules |
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