Test 4 · ★ · Sore losers and button-mashers
Noah rage-quits one hit before losing. «doesn't count lol». Best house rule?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Noah · What happens: quit, lose, not count · To what, where: one hit
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Noah rage-quits one hit before losing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 quits | nsubj |
| 2 | rage | rage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 quits | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 rage | punct |
| 4 | quits | quit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 hit | nummod |
| 6 | hit | hit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 quits | obj |
| 7 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 8 losing | mark |
| 8 | losing | lose | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 quits | advcl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 quits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quit | present | Noah | one hit | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hit=Source | ||||
| 2 | lose | gerund | Noah not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «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: «doesn't count lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 count | punct |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 count | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 count | advmod |
| 4 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 count | discourse |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 count | punct |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 count | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count in a quote | present · do-support | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Sentence 3: Best house rule?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 rule | amod |
| 2 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rule | compound |
| 3 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 rule | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Whoever quits gets the next turn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | quits | quit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 gets | cop |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 turn | det |
| 5 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 turn | amod |
| 6 | turn | turn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Whoever | get property | tree rules |
Option 2
The winner has to play again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 winner | det |
| 2 | winner | winner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 play | mark |
| 5 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 has | xcomp |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 play | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the winner | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | play | to-infinitive | the winner not said here | again | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Quitting counts as a loss
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quitting | quit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 counts | nsubj |
| 2 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 loss | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 loss | det |
| 5 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 counts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quit | gerund | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | count | present | as a loss | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as loss=Attribute |
Option 4
Quitting lets you try again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quitting | quit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 lets | nsubj |
| 2 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 lets | obj |
| 4 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 lets | xcomp |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 try | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quit | gerund | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | let | present | you | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | try | infinitive | you not said here | again | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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