Test 3 · ★ · «Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-up…
«hit first so he can't hit u, simple». What's wrong with that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: hit, not hit, be · To what, where: u
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 391 ««Just hit him back» or «tell a teacher»? What the grown-ups say» 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: «hit first so he can't hit u, simple».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 hit | punct |
| 2 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 hit | advmod |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 hit | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hit | nsubj |
| 6 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 hit | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 hit | advmod |
| 8 | hit | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 hit | advcl |
| 9 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 hit | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 simple | punct |
| 11 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 hit | conj |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 hit | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 hit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit in a quote | past | first property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not hit in a quote | can | he | u | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme you=Co-Theme |
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 wrong with that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 that | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 wrong | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with that; wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Hitting first is starting the fight yourself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hitting | hit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 starting | csubj |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Hitting | advmod |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 starting | aux |
| 4 | starting | start | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fight | det |
| 6 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 starting | obj |
| 7 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 starting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | gerund | first property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | start | present · progressive | Hitting | the fight | yourself obl | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |
Option 2
It's fine if he looked at you funny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 looked | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 looked | nsubj |
| 6 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | advcl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 looked | obl |
| 9 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 looked | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | look a condition, not said to happen | past | he | at you; funny property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at you=Theme |
Option 3
Nothing, it's clever, you get the first hit in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 clever | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 clever | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 clever | cop |
| 5 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 get | punct |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 get | nsubj |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 clever | parataxis |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 hit | det |
| 10 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 hit | amod |
| 11 | hit | hit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 get | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | clever property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | present | you | the first hit | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hit=Stimulus |
Option 4
It only works on small kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 works | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 works | advmod |
| 3 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 kids | case |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 kids | amod |
| 6 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | It | on small kids | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on kid=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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