Test 5 · ★★ · Bystanders: the crowd, the phone and the ones who help
Maddie to the crowd: «show's over, get lost». Why might it work?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: show · What happens: be, lose, work · To what, where: Maddie
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 393 «Bystanders: the crowd, the phone and the ones who help» 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: Maddie to the crowd: «show's over, get lost».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 crowd | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 crowd | det |
| 4 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Maddie | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 over | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 show | punct |
| 7 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 over | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 over | cop |
| 9 | over | over | ADV | _ | 1 Maddie | acl:relcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Maddie | punct |
| 11 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 lost | aux:pass |
| 12 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 lost | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | show | Maddie to the crowd not said here | over property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | lose in a quote | infinitive · passive | Maddie to the crowd | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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: Why might it work?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 work | advmod |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 work | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 work | nsubj |
| 4 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | might | show | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Fighters calm down when nobody's watching
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fighters | fighter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 calm | nsubj |
| 2 | calm | calm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | down | down | ADP | _ | 2 calm | compound:prt |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 7 watching | mark |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 watching | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 watching | aux |
| 7 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 calm | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | calm down | present | Fighters | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | watch | present · progressive | nobody | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It makes the fighters angrier
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 | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fighters | det |
| 4 | fighters | fighter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | angrier | angry | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | the fighters | angry property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material fighter=Product |
Option 3
Crowds always obey Maddie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crowds | crowd | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 obey | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 obey | advmod |
| 3 | obey | obey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 obey | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obey | present | Crowds | Maddie | always property | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maddie=Theme |
Option 4
The crowd will turn round and fight Maddie instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 crowd | det |
| 2 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turn | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 turn | aux |
| 4 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | round | round | ADV | _ | 4 turn | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fight | cc |
| 7 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 turn | conj |
| 8 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 turn | obj |
| 9 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 4 turn | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn round | future | the crowd | Maddie | instead, round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme maddie=Result | |||
| 2 | fight | infinitive | the crowd not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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