Test 8 · ★★★ · What everyone learned about fights
Connor: «sorry I punched you, it wasn't equality, it was just mean». What's this?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Connor, it, equality, this · What happens: punch, not be, mean, be · To what, where: you, equality
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Connor: «sorry I punched you, it wasn't equality, it was just mean».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connor | Connor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 punched | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 punched | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 sorry | punct |
| 4 | sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 6 punched | discourse |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 punched | nsubj |
| 6 | punched | punch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 punched | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 equality | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 equality | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 equality | cop |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 equality | advmod |
| 12 | equality | equality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 punched | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 mean | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 mean | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 mean | aux |
| 16 | just | just | ADV | _ | 17 mean | advmod |
| 17 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 punched | parataxis |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 mean | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 punched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punch in a quote | past | Connor | you | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not is a in a quote | past | it | equality | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | mean in a quote | past | equality | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
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: What's this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
A joke that doesn't really count for anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 joke | det |
| 2 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 count | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 count | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 count | advmod |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 count | advmod |
| 7 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 joke | parataxis |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 anything | case |
| 9 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 count | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | present · do-support | that | for anything | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A real apology that names the wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 apology | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 apology | amod |
| 3 | apology | apology | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 names | nsubj |
| 5 | names | name | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 apology | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wrong | det |
| 7 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 names | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | name | present | a real apology | the wrong | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Something only teachers say
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 teachers | advmod |
| 3 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Something | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | teachers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
A way to start another fight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 way | det |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 start | mark |
| 4 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 way | acl |
| 5 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 fight | det |
| 6 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 start | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | to-infinitive | another fight | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |
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