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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.

nsubjobjcasedetoblcasenummodnmodpunctdetapposcasenmodpunctrootKieranPROPNblastsVERBitPRONoverADPtheDETbarNOUNfromADP2NUMmetresNOUN,PUNCTbothDETstreetsNOUNinADPstitchesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KieranKieranPROPNNumber=Sing2 blastsnsubj
2blastsblastVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 blastsobj
4overoverADP_6 barcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 bardet
6barbarNOUNNumber=Sing2 blastsobl
7fromfromADP_9 metrescase
822NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card9 metresnummod
9metresmetreNOUNNumber=Plur6 barnmod
10,,PUNCT_12 streetspunct
11bothbothDETPronType=Tot12 streetsdet
12streetsstreetNOUNNumber=Plur9 metresappos
13ininADP_14 stitchescase
14stitchesstitchNOUNNumber=Plur12 streetsnmod
15..PUNCT_2 blastspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1blastpresentKieranitthe bar from 2 metresvn 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?

conjdetobjpunctrootWhyADVdoesVERBthatDETmatterNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Introotroot
2doesdoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whyconj
3thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 matterdet
4mattermatterNOUNNumber=Sing2 doesobj
5??PUNCT_1 Whypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopresentthat mattervn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It starts a new fight

nsubjdetamodobjrootItPRONstartsVERBaDETnewADJfightNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 startsnsubj
2startsstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 fightdet
4newnewADJDegree=Pos5 fightamod
5fightfightNOUNNumber=Sing2 startsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1startpresentIta new fightvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Laughing together breaks the ice

csubjadvmoddetobjrootLaughingVERBtogetherADVbreaksVERBtheDETiceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LaughinglaughVERBVerbForm=Ger3 breakscsubj
2togethertogetherADV_1 Laughingadvmod
3breaksbreakVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 icedet
5iceiceNOUNNumber=Sing3 breaksobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1laughgerundtogether propertyvn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2breakpresentLaughingthe icevn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ice=Patient

Option 3

It ends the game

nsubjdetobjrootItPRONendsVERBtheDETgameNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 endsnsubj
2endsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 gamedet
4gamegameNOUNNumber=Sing2 endsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1endpresentItthe gamevn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality game=Eventuality

Option 4

It means Kieran is rubbish at football

nsubjnsubjcopccompcasenmodrootItPRONmeansVERBKieranPROPNisAUXrubbishNOUNatADPfootballNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3KieranKieranPROPNNumber=Sing5 rubbishnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 rubbishcop
5rubbishrubbishNOUNNumber=Sing2 meansccomp
6atatADP_7 footballcase
7footballfootballNOUNNumber=Sing5 rubbishnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentItvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2is apresentKieranrubbishfootballtree rules

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