Test 1 · ★★★ · Showing off
«dare ya to jump off the garage roof, Jake did it». What's a sensible answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Jake · What happens: dare, jump off, do, be · To what, where: ya, garage roof, roof, sensible answer
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 390 «Showing off» 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: «dare ya to jump off the garage roof, Jake did it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 dare | punct |
| 2 | dare | dare | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ya | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 dare | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 jump | mark |
| 5 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 dare | xcomp |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 roof | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 roof | det |
| 8 | garage | garage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 roof | compound |
| 9 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jump | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 did | punct |
| 11 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 did | nsubj |
| 12 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 dare | advcl |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 did | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 did | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 dare | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dare in a quote | imperative | you not said here | ya | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | jump off in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | the garage roof | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme roof=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | do in a quote | past | Jake | roof | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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 a sensible answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 answer | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 answer | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a sensible answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
«Only if you film it»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 film | punct |
| 2 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 film | advmod |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 film | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 film | nsubj |
| 5 | film | film | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 film | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 film | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | film in a quote | present | you | it | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
«Fine, but from the low bit»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Fine | punct |
| 2 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bit | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 bit | cc |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 bit | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bit | det |
| 7 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bit | amod |
| 8 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Fine | obl |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 bit | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
«No, Jake's still on crutches»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 crutches | punct |
| 2 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 crutches | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 No | punct |
| 4 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 crutches | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Jake | case |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 crutches | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 crutches | case |
| 8 | crutches | crutch | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 crutches | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
«If I land it, you owe me a quid»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 owe | punct |
| 2 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 land | mark |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 land | nsubj |
| 4 | land | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 owe | advcl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 land | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 land | punct |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 owe | nsubj |
| 8 | owe | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 owe | iobj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 quid | det |
| 11 | quid | quid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 owe | obj |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 owe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | I | it | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | owe in a quote | present | you | a quid | me | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal quid=Theme |
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