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Test 3 · ★ · Sore losers and button-mashers

«I LET you win, obviously». The other kid knows he tried his hardest. What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, you, other kid, kid · What happens: let, win, know, try, be · To what, where: you, hardest · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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: «I LET you win, obviously».

punctnsubjobjxcomppunctadvmodpunctpunctroot«PUNCTIPRONLETVERByouPRONwinVERB,PUNCTobviouslyADV»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_3 LETpunct
2IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs3 LETnsubj
3LETletVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs3 LETobj
5winwinVERBVerbForm=Inf3 LETxcomp
6,,PUNCT_7 obviouslypunct
7obviouslyobviouslyADV_3 LETadvmod
8»»PUNCT_3 LETpunct
9..PUNCT_3 LETpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1let in a quotepastIyouobviously propertytree rules
2win in a quoteinfinitiveyou not said herevn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: 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: The other kid knows he tried his hardest.

detamodnsubjnsubjccompnmod:possobjpunctrootTheDETotherADJkidNOUNknowsVERBhePRONtriedVERBhisPRONhardestADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 kiddet
2otherotherADJDegree=Pos3 kidamod
3kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing4 knowsnsubj
4knowsknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 triednsubj
6triedtryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 knowsccomp
7hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 hardestnmod:poss
8hardesthardADJDegree=Sup6 triedobj
9..PUNCT_4 knowspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1knowpresentthe other kidvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2trypastkidkid's hardestvn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hard=Eventuality

Sentence 3: What's true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's a kind thing to say to a winner

nsubjcopdetamodmarkaclcasedetoblrootItPRON'sAUXaDETkindADJthingNOUNtoPARTsayVERBtoADPaDETwinnerNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 thingnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 thingcop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 thingdet
4kindkindADJDegree=Pos5 thingamod
5thingthingNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6totoPART_7 saymark
7saysayVERBVerbForm=Inf5 thingacl
8totoADP_10 winnercase
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 winnerdet
10winnerwinnerNOUNNumber=Sing7 sayobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta kind thingtree rules
2say speech: assertto-infinitivea winnervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to winner=Recipient

Option 2

It means the loser is a better player

nsubjdetnsubjcopdetamodccomprootItPRONmeansVERBtheDETloserNOUNisAUXaDETbetterADJplayerNOUN
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
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 loserdet
4loserloserNOUNNumber=Sing8 playernsubj
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 playercop
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 playerdet
7bettergoodADJDegree=Cmp8 playeramod
8playerplayerNOUNNumber=Sing2 meansccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentItvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2is apresentthe losera better playertree rules

Option 3

It means they should play again

nsubjnsubjauxccompadvmodrootItPRONmeansVERBtheyPRONshouldAUXplayVERBagainADV
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
3theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs5 playnsubj
4shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 playaux
5playplayVERBVerbForm=Inf2 meansccomp
6againagainADV_5 playadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentItvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2playshouldtheyagainvn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It spoils the win and fools nobody

nsubjdetobjccconjobjrootItPRONspoilsVERBtheDETwinNOUNandCCONJfoolsVERBnobodyPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 spoilsnsubj
2spoilsspoilVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 windet
4winwinNOUNNumber=Sing2 spoilsobj
5andandCCONJ_6 foolscc
6foolsfoolVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 spoilsconj
7nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg6 foolsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1spoilpresentItthe wintree rules
2foolpresentnobodyvn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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