Test 7 · ★ · Nightmares after a scary game
«leo's little bro wants to see the scary game, just show him, he's 6». Good idea?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little bro, bro · What happens: want, see, show, be · To what, where: scary game, bro, 6
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 402 «Nightmares after a scary game» 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: «leo's little bro wants to see the scary game, just show him, he's 6».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 wants | punct |
| 2 | leo | leo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bro | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 leo | case |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bro | amod |
| 5 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wants | nsubj |
| 6 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 see | mark |
| 8 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 wants | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 game | det |
| 10 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 game | amod |
| 11 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 see | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 show | punct |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 show | advmod |
| 14 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 see | advcl |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 show | iobj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 6 | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 6 | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 6 | cop |
| 19 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 wants | appos |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 6 | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want in a quote | present | leo's little bro | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | leo's little bro not said here | the scary game | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer game=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | show in a quote | infinitive | leo's little bro not said here | bro | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | bro | 6 | 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: Good idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 idea | amod |
| 2 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 idea | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if he sits at the back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 sits | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sits | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 sits | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sits | nsubj |
| 5 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 back | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 back | det |
| 8 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sits | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present | he | the back | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at back=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, it would scare him even more than Leo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 scare | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 scare | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 scare | aux |
| 5 | scare | scare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 scare | obj |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 8 more | advmod |
| 8 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 scare | advmod |
| 9 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 Leo | case |
| 10 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 more | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare | would | it | him = he | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
Option 3
Yes, he needs to toughen up like the big kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 needs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 needs | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 needs | nsubj |
| 4 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 toughen | mark |
| 6 | toughen | toughen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 needs | xcomp |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 toughen | compound:prt |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 kids | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 kids | det |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 kids | amod |
| 11 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 toughen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | toughen up not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | like the big kids | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Only the bloodiest bit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 bit | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bit | det |
| 3 | bloodiest | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 bit | amod |
| 4 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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