Test 7 · ★ · Sore losers and button-mashers
Theo's red in the face, fist tight round the controller after 3 losses. Wisest thing?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Theo's red in the face, fist tight round the controller after 3 losses.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 face | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Theo | case |
| 3 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 face | amod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 face | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 face | det |
| 6 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fist | punct |
| 8 | fist | fist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 face | conj |
| 9 | tight | tight | ADV | _ | 12 controller | advmod |
| 10 | round | round | ADP | _ | 12 controller | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 controller | det |
| 12 | controller | controller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 face | conj |
| 13 | after | after | ADP | _ | 15 losses | case |
| 14 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 losses | nummod |
| 15 | losses | loss | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 controller | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 face | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Wisest thing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisest | wise | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 thing | amod |
| 2 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 thing | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yell at whoever won
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yell | yell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 whoever | case |
| 3 | whoever | whoever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 1 Yell | obj |
| 4 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 whoever | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | imperative | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | whoever | tree rules |
Option 2
Play faster to win it back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Play | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 win | mark |
| 4 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Play | advcl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 win | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 win | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | imperative | you not said here | fast property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | win back | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Put it down and walk off for a minute
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | down | down | ADP | _ | 1 Put | compound:prt |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 walk | cc |
| 5 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Put | conj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 walk | compound:prt |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 minute | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 minute | det |
| 9 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 walk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put down | imperative | you not said here | it | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | ||||
| 2 | walk off | infinitive | you not said here | minute | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Throw it, the sofa's soft so it won't break
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Throw | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 soft | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sofa | det |
| 5 | sofa | sofa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 soft | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 sofa | case |
| 7 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Throw | conj |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 break | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 break | nsubj |
| 10 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 break | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 break | advmod |
| 12 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Throw | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | it | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not break | future | sofa | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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