Test 10 · ★ · Whose turn is it?
Three kids, two controllers, one sticks. «Zara's the slowest so she gets the sticky one». Fair rule?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one, Zara · What happens: stick, be, get · To what, where: sticky one
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 397 «Whose turn is it?» 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: Three kids, two controllers, one sticks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 kids | nummod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 controllers | punct |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 controllers | nummod |
| 5 | controllers | controller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 kids | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sticks | punct |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 sticks | nsubj |
| 8 | sticks | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 kids | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 kids | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick | present | one | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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: «Zara's the slowest so she gets the sticky one».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 slowest | punct |
| 2 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 slowest | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 slowest | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 slowest | det |
| 5 | slowest | slow | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 gets | advmod |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 gets | nsubj |
| 8 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 slowest | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 one | det |
| 10 | sticky | sticky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 one | amod |
| 11 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gets | obj |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 one | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 slowest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Zara | slow property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present | Zara | the sticky one | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |
Sentence 3: Fair rule?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 rule | amod |
| 2 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 rule | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
The oldest player picks first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 picks | det |
| 2 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 picks | amod |
| 3 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 picks | compound |
| 4 | picks | pick | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 picks | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Swap the sticky one every match
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swap | swap | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 one | det |
| 3 | sticky | sticky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 one | amod |
| 4 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Swap | obj |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 match | det |
| 6 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Swap | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap | imperative | you not said here | the sticky one | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The slowest player keeps it till the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 player | det |
| 2 | slowest | slow | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 player | amod |
| 3 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keeps | nsubj |
| 4 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 keeps | obj |
| 6 | till | till | ADP | _ | 8 end | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 end | det |
| 8 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | the slowest player | it | till the end | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
The owner gets both good ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 owner | det |
| 2 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | both | both | CCONJ | _ | 6 ones | cc:preconj |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ones | amod |
| 6 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the owner | good ones | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |
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