Test 1 · ★ · Sore losers and button-mashers
«this controller's busted, that's why» — 5th time today. What happens to an excuse like that?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: that · What happens: bust, be, happen
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 398 «Sore losers and button-mashers» 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: «this controller's busted, that's why» — 5th time today.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 busted | punct |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 controller | det |
| 3 | controller | controller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 busted | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 controller | case |
| 5 | busted | bust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 why | punct |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 why | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 why | cop |
| 9 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 busted | advmod |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 busted | punct |
| 11 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 time | punct |
| 12 | 5th | 5th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 13 time | amod |
| 13 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 busted | obl |
| 14 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 busted | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 busted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bust in a quote | participle | time; today | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | that | why property | tree rules |
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 happens to an excuse like that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 excuse | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 excuse | det |
| 5 | excuse | excuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 happens | obl |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 that | case |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 excuse | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | to a excuse like that | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Everyone starts to believe it after a while
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 starts | nsubj |
| 2 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 believe | mark |
| 4 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 starts | xcomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 believe | obj |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 while | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 while | det |
| 8 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 believe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | Everyone | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | believe | to-infinitive | Everyone not said here | it | while | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2
You get a free extra go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 go | det |
| 4 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 go | amod |
| 5 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 go | amod |
| 6 | go | go | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | You | a free extra go | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer go=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It turns into a joke
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 turns | nsubj |
| 2 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 joke | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 joke | det |
| 5 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present | It | a joke | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into joke=Trajectory |
Option 4
The controller really does break in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 controller | det |
| 2 | controller | controller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 break | nsubj |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 break | advmod |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 break | aux |
| 5 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 end | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 end | det |
| 8 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 break | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present · do-support | the controller | in the end | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in end=Location |
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