Test 7 · ★★★ · What everyone learned about fights
Maddie, captain: «we tackle the ball, not people». Why's that a good rule?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: we · What happens: tackle, be · To what, where: ball, good rule
This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 395 «What everyone learned about fights» 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, captain: «we tackle the ball, not people».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 captain | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Maddie | punct |
| 3 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 tackle | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 tackle | punct |
| 6 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 tackle | nsubj |
| 7 | tackle | tackle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 captain | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ball | det |
| 9 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tackle | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 people | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 people | advmod |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 ball | appos |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 people | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 captain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tackle in a quote | present | we | the ball | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=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's that a good rule?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 rule | advmod |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 rule | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 rule | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 rule | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rule | amod |
| 6 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 rule | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good rule | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It keeps the game tough but safe
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 | 4 game | det |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keeps | obj |
| 5 | tough | tough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 keeps | xcomp |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 safe | cc |
| 7 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tough | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | It | the game | tough property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
Option 2
It means nobody is allowed to tackle anyone at all
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 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 tackle | mark |
| 7 | tackle | tackle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 allowed | xcomp |
| 8 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 tackle | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 tackle | obl |
| # | 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 clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | allow | present · passive | nobody | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | tackle not said to happen | to-infinitive | nobody not said here | anyone | all | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme |
Option 3
It lets her team win every single match
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 lets | nsubj |
| 2 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lets | obj |
| 4 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 win | nsubj |
| 5 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 lets | xcomp |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 match | det |
| 7 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 match | amod |
| 8 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | It | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | win | present | team | every single match | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality |
Option 4
It's just there to annoy the boys
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 | 4 there | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 there | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 there | advmod |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 annoy | mark |
| 6 | annoy | annoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 there | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 boys | det |
| 8 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 annoy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | annoy | to-infinitive | the boys | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus boy=Experiencer |
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