Test 10 · ★ · Parents' rules for big games
«theo's parents play the first hour with him, so cringe». What's the point of it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: parents, point · What happens: play, be, point · To what, where: theo
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 404 «Parents' rules for big games» 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: «theo's parents play the first hour with him, so cringe».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 play | punct |
| 2 | theo | theo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 parents | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 theo | case |
| 4 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 play | nsubj |
| 5 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hour | det |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 hour | amod |
| 8 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 play | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 play | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 cringe | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 cringe | advmod |
| 13 | cringe | cringe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 play | parataxis |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 cringe | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 play | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play in a quote | present | theo's parents | hour | with him = he | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent |
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 point of it?
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 | 4 point | det |
| 4 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 point | nmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the point of theo | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | point | theo | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They see what the game's like and can talk about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 see | nsubj |
| 2 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 see | parataxis |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 game | det |
| 5 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 like | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 game | case |
| 7 | like | like | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 what | nsubj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 talk | cc |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 talk | aux |
| 10 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 see | conj |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | They | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | talk | can | They not said here | about like | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
Option 2
They are bored on weekday evenings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 bored | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 bored | aux:pass |
| 3 | bored | bore | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 evenings | case |
| 5 | weekday | weekday | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 evenings | amod |
| 6 | evenings | evening | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bored | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bore | present · passive | They | evening | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
Option 3
They want the console for themselves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 want | nsubj |
| 2 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 console | det |
| 4 | console | console | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 want | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 themselves | case |
| 6 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 want | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | They | the console | for themselves = they | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot console=Theme |
Option 4
They want to beat him and show off to his mates
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 want | nsubj |
| 2 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 beat | mark |
| 4 | beat | beat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 want | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 beat | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 show | cc |
| 7 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 beat | conj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 show | compound:prt |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 mates | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mates | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 show | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | They | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | beat not said to happen | to-infinitive | They not said here | him = he | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | show off | infinitive | They not said here | his mates | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to mate=Recipient |
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