Test 3 · ★ · Making peace between the streets
Kieran blasts it over the bar from 2 metres, both streets in stitches. Why does that matter?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kieran · What happens: blast, do · To what, where: it, bar, matter
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Kieran blasts it over the bar from 2 metres, both streets in stitches.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kieran | Kieran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 blasts | nsubj |
| 2 | blasts | blast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 blasts | obj |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 bar | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bar | det |
| 6 | bar | bar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 blasts | obl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 metres | case |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 metres | nummod |
| 9 | metres | metre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 bar | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 streets | punct |
| 11 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 streets | det |
| 12 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 metres | appos |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 stitches | case |
| 14 | stitches | stitch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 streets | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 blasts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blast | present | Kieran | it | the bar from 2 metres | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=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: Why does that matter?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | conj |
| 3 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 matter | det |
| 4 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | that matter | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It starts a new fight
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 starts | nsubj |
| 2 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fight | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fight | amod |
| 5 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 starts | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | It | a new fight | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Laughing together breaks the ice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 breaks | csubj |
| 2 | together | together | ADV | _ | 1 Laughing | advmod |
| 3 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ice | det |
| 5 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 breaks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | gerund | together property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | break | present | Laughing | the ice | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ice=Patient |
Option 3
It ends the game
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 ends | nsubj |
| 2 | ends | end | 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 ends | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | present | It | the game | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality game=Eventuality |
Option 4
It means Kieran is rubbish at football
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 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Kieran | Kieran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 rubbish | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rubbish | cop |
| 5 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 football | case |
| 7 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rubbish | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | Kieran | rubbish | football | tree rules |
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