Test 2 · ★ · Making peace between the streets
coach: «mixed teams today, half each street». Kieran: «no way». Why's it a good idea?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: way · What happens: mix, be
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 394 «Making peace between the streets» 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: coach: «mixed teams today, half each street».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 teams | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 mixed | punct |
| 4 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 teams | amod |
| 5 | teams | team | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 coach | conj |
| 6 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 coach | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 half | punct |
| 8 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 1 coach | conj |
| 9 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 street | det |
| 10 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 half | conj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 street | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 coach | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix in a quote | participle | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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: Kieran: «no way».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kieran | Kieran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 way | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 way | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 way | punct |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 way | det |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 way | punct |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 way | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Why's it a good idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 idea | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 idea | amod |
| 6 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | way | why property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It keeps the two streets apart
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 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 streets | det |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 streets | nummod |
| 5 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keeps | obj |
| 6 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 2 keeps | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | It | the two streets | apart property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent street=Theme |
Option 2
It makes the game much shorter and less tiring for everyone
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 game | det |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | much | much | ADV | _ | 6 shorter | advmod |
| 6 | shorter | short | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 tiring | cc |
| 8 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 tiring | advmod |
| 9 | tiring | tiring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 shorter | conj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 everyone | case |
| 11 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 tiring | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | the game | short property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material game=Product |
Option 3
It stops anyone scoring
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 stops | nsubj |
| 2 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 scoring | compound |
| 4 | scoring | scoring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stops | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | It | anyone scoring | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality scoring=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Playing together turns enemies into teammates
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 turns | csubj |
| 2 | together | together | ADV | _ | 1 Playing | advmod |
| 3 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 turns | obj |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 teammates | case |
| 6 | teammates | teammate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 turns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | gerund | together property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | turn | present | Playing | enemies | teammates | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent enemy=Theme into teammate=Trajectory |
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