Test 6 · ★★ · Left out without a console
«blocky graphics lmao, that's your uncle's ancient thing??» What did the kids find out?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, kids · What happens: be, find out · To what, where: ancient thing
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 399 «Left out without a console» 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: «blocky graphics lmao, that's your uncle's ancient thing??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 lmao | punct |
| 2 | blocky | blocky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 graphics | amod |
| 3 | graphics | graphic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lmao | compound |
| 4 | lmao | lmao | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 thing | punct |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 thing | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 thing | cop |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 9 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 thing | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 uncle | case |
| 11 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 thing | amod |
| 12 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lmao | conj |
| 13 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 4 lmao | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 lmao | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | that | your uncle's ancient thing | 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 did the kids find out?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 find | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 find | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 kids | det |
| 4 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 find | nsubj |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 find | compound:prt |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find out | past · do-support | the kids | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Old games are only fun for uncles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 games | amod |
| 2 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fun | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fun | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 fun | advmod |
| 5 | fun | fun | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 uncles | case |
| 7 | uncles | uncle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fun | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Old games | for uncles; fun property | tree rules |
Option 2
Old consoles always break in a week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 consoles | amod |
| 2 | consoles | console | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 break | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 break | advmod |
| 4 | break | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 week | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 week | det |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 break | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present | Old consoles | week | always property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The old two-player games were brilliant fun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 games | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 games | amod |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 player | nummod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 two | punct |
| 5 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 games | compound |
| 6 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 fun | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 fun | cop |
| 8 | brilliant | brilliant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fun | amod |
| 9 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the old player games | brilliant fun | tree rules |
Option 4
Nobody can play old games now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 play | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 play | aux |
| 3 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 games | amod |
| 5 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 play | obj |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 play | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | can | Nobody | old games | now | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
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