Test 9 · Fighting games at a friend's house
«why's jayden allowed a 16 game and i'm not, so unfair». Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: jayden, i · What happens: be, allow, not be · To what, where: 16 game
This is test 9 of lesson 401 «Fighting games at a friend's house» 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: «why's jayden allowed a 16 game and i'm not, so unfair».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 allowed | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 allowed | advmod |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 why | cop |
| 4 | jayden | jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 allowed | nsubj |
| 5 | allowed | allow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 game | det |
| 7 | 16 | 16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 game | nummod |
| 8 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 allowed | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 unfair | cc |
| 10 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 unfair | nsubj |
| 11 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 unfair | cop |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 unfair | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 unfair | punct |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 unfair | advmod |
| 15 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 allowed | conj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 allowed | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 allowed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | why property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | allow in a quote | past | jayden | a 16 game | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | not is in a quote | present | i | unfair property | 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: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Each family decides, and his dad plays it with him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 decides | nsubj |
| 3 | decides | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 plays | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 plays | cc |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dad | nmod:poss |
| 7 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 plays | nsubj |
| 8 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 decides | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 plays | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 plays | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | present | each family | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | play | present | family's dad | it | with family | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent it=Theme with he=Co-Agent |
Option 2
His dad doesn't know
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 know | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 know | advmod |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | His dad | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Ratings don't apply to Jayden at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ratings | rating | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 apply | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 apply | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 apply | advmod |
| 4 | apply | apply | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Jayden | case |
| 6 | Jayden | Jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 apply | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 apply | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not apply | present · do-support | Ratings | Jayden | all | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at all=Destination |
Option 4
Jayden is secretly 16 and just small for his age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayden | Jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 small | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 small | cop |
| 3 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 4 16 | advmod |
| 4 | 16 | 16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 small | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 small | cc |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 small | advmod |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 age | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 age | nmod:poss |
| 10 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 small | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Jayden | for Jayden's age | small property | tree rules |
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