Test 12 · ★ · Parents' rules for big games
«leo's dad lets him play if he stops when he feels upset». Why is that a good rule?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, him · What happens: let, play, stop, feel, be · To what, where: him, good rule
This is test 12 · ★ 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: «leo's dad lets him play if he stops when he feels upset».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 lets | punct |
| 2 | leo | leo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 leo | case |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lets | nsubj |
| 5 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 lets | obj |
| 7 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 lets | xcomp |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 stops | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 stops | nsubj |
| 10 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 play | advcl |
| 11 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 13 feels | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 feels | nsubj |
| 13 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 stops | advcl |
| 14 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 feels | xcomp |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 feels | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 lets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in a quote | present | leo's dad | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | play in a quote | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | stop a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | dad | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | feel in a quote | present | dad | upset property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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: Why is that a good rule?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 rule | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 rule | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 rule | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 rule | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rule | amod |
| 6 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 rule | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good rule | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It's a trick to stop him playing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trick | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 trick | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 trick | det |
| 4 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 stop | mark |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 trick | acl |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stop | obj |
| 8 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a trick | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stop | to-infinitive | him = he | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | play | gerund | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It lets Leo try while staying safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lets | nsubj |
| 2 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lets | obj |
| 4 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 lets | xcomp |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 6 staying | mark |
| 6 | staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 try | advcl |
| 7 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 staying | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | It | Leo | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | try | infinitive | Leo not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | stay | gerund | Leo not said here | safe property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Leo never gets upset
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 gets | advmod |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | present | Leo | upset property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
It means Leo plays forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 plays | nsubj |
| 4 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | ccomp |
| 5 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 4 plays | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | play | present | Leo | forever property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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