Test 9 · ★ · Sore losers and button-mashers Mia beats everyone at her own house every week. Guests start leaving early. What's going on?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, Guests · What happens: beat, start, leave, go on · To what, where: everyone, own house
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Mia beats everyone at her own house every week.
nsubj obj case nmod:poss amod obl det obl:unmarked punct root Mia PROPN beats VERB everyone PRON at ADP her PRON own ADJ house NOUN every DET week NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 2 beats nsubj 2 beats beat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 2 beats obj 4 at at ADP _ 7 house case 5 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 house nmod:poss 6 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 7 house amod 7 house house NOUN Number=Sing 2 beats obl 8 every every DET PronType=Tot 9 week det 9 week week NOUN Number=Sing 2 beats obl:unmarked 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 beats punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 beat present Mia everyone Mia's own house week vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location everyone=Theme
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: Guests start leaving early.
nsubj xcomp advmod punct root Guests NOUN start VERB leaving VERB early ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Guests guest NOUN Number=Plur 2 start nsubj 2 start start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 leaving leave VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 start xcomp 4 early early ADV Degree=Pos 3 leaving advmod 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 start punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 start present Guests vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 2 leave gerund Guests not said here early property vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What's going on?
nsubj aux compound:prt punct root What PRON 's AUX going VERB on ADP ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 going nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 going aux 3 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 on on ADP _ 3 going compound:prt 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 going punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go on present · progressive vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 Her guests don't like her house
nmod:poss nsubj aux advmod nmod:poss obj root Her PRON guests NOUN do AUX n't PART like VERB her PRON house NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 guests nmod:poss 2 guests guest NOUN Number=Plur 5 like nsubj 3 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 like aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 like advmod 5 like like VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 house nmod:poss 7 house house NOUN Number=Sing 5 like obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not like present · do-support Her guests her house vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot house=Theme
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Her head start makes it no real contest
nmod:poss compound nsubj obj det amod xcomp root Her PRON head NOUN start NOUN makes VERB it PRON no DET real ADJ contest NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 start nmod:poss 2 head head NOUN Number=Sing 3 start compound 3 start start NOUN Number=Sing 4 makes nsubj 4 makes make 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 makes obj 6 no no DET PronType=Neg 8 contest det 7 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 8 contest amod 8 contest contest NOUN Number=Sing 4 makes xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present Her head start it vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product 2 start Her = she nom start «event transitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 Her guests are just bad at games
nmod:poss nsubj cop advmod case obl root Her PRON guests NOUN are AUX just ADV bad ADJ at ADP games NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 guests nmod:poss 2 guests guest NOUN Number=Plur 5 bad nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 bad cop 4 just just ADV _ 5 bad advmod 5 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 at at ADP _ 7 games case 7 games game NOUN Number=Plur 5 bad obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Her guests games bad property tree rules
Option 4 Her console is set up to cheat for her
nmod:poss nsubj:pass aux:pass compound:prt mark xcomp case obl root Her PRON console NOUN is AUX set VERB up ADP to PART cheat VERB for ADP her PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 console nmod:poss 2 console console NOUN Number=Sing 4 set nsubj:pass 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 set aux:pass 4 set set VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 up up ADP _ 4 set compound:prt 6 to to PART _ 7 cheat mark 7 cheat cheat VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 set xcomp 8 for for ADP _ 9 her case 9 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 cheat obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 set up present · passive Her console tree rules 2 cheat to-infinitive for her = she vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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