Test 2 · Respect: how it is earned
«just batter someone in Year 6, then nobody'll mess with u». Is that how respect works?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, nobody, respect · What happens: batter, mess, be · To what, where: someone
This is test 2 of lesson 385 «Respect: how it is earned» 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 batter someone in Year 6, then nobody'll mess with u».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 batter | punct |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 batter | advmod |
| 3 | batter | batter | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 batter | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Year | case |
| 6 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 someone | nmod |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 Year | flat |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mess | punct |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 mess | advmod |
| 10 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 12 mess | nsubj |
| 11 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 mess | aux |
| 12 | mess | mess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 batter | parataxis |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 u | case |
| 14 | u | u | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 mess | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 batter | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 batter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | batter in a quote | imperative | you not said here | someone | in Year | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent someone=Instrument | |||
| 2 | mess in a quote | future | nobody | then | with u | 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 that how respect works?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 works | cop |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 works | mark |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 works | advmod |
| 4 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 works | nsubj |
| 5 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 works | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | respect | work property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Only if you win
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 win | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 win | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 win | nsubj |
| 4 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | you | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Only if they're bigger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 bigger | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 bigger | mark |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bigger | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bigger | cop |
| 5 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | they | big property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it just makes people scared and keeps away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 makes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 makes | advmod |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 makes | obj |
| 7 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 makes | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 keeps | cc |
| 9 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 makes | conj |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 keeps | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | it | people | scared property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material people=Product | |||
| 2 | keep away | present | away property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, it always works, people do whatever you say after
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 works | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 works | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 works | advmod |
| 5 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 do | punct |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 do | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 works | conj |
| 9 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 do | obj |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 say | nsubj |
| 11 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 whatever | acl:relcl |
| 12 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | it | always property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | do | present | people | whatever | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent after=Topic |
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