Test 10 · ★★ · Copying game moves on a little brother
Mum: «Noah, what were you thinking?!» What's the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, best answer · What happens: think, be
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 403 «Copying game moves on a little brother» 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: Mum: «Noah, what were you thinking?!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 thinking | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Noah | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Noah | punct |
| 4 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 thinking | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 thinking | punct |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 thinking | obj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 thinking | aux |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 thinking | nsubj |
| 9 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | ?! | ?! | PUNCT | _ | 9 thinking | punct |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 thinking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other in a quote | past · progressive | Mum | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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: What's the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
«Alfie fell over by himself»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 fell | punct |
| 2 | Alfie | Alfie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fell | nsubj |
| 3 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADV | _ | 3 fell | advmod |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 himself | case |
| 6 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 fell | obl |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 fell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall over in a quote | past | Alfie | by Alfie; over property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by himself=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
«I'm sorry, I copied a game and he got hurt»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 sorry | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 sorry | nsubj |
| 3 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sorry | cop |
| 4 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 copied | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 copied | nsubj |
| 7 | copied | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sorry | parataxis |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 game | det |
| 9 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 copied | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 hurt | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 hurt | nsubj |
| 12 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 hurt | aux:pass |
| 13 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 copied | conj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 sorry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | I | sorry property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | copy in a quote | past | I | a game | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hurt in a quote | past · passive | he | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
«He asked me to do it»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 asked | iobj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 do | mark |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asked | xcomp |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 do | obj |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask in a quote | past | He | me | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | do not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | He not said here | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 4
«It's the game's fault, it shows you how to do it»
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 fault | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fault | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fault | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 game | det |
| 5 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fault | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 game | case |
| 7 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shows | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fault | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 shows | nsubj |
| 10 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 shows | iobj |
| 12 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 do | advmod |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 do | mark |
| 14 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 shows | ccomp |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 do | obj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | It | the game's fault | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | show in a quote | present | the game's fault | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | do in a quote | to-infinitive | fault | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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