Test 2 · ★ · Parents' rules for big games
«my mum watched a 20 min video of the game before saying yes, so embarrassing». Was it a good idea?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: watch, say, be · To what, where: min video, good idea · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: «my mum watched a 20 min video of the game before saying yes, so embarrassing».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 watched | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watched | nsubj |
| 4 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 video | det |
| 6 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 min | nummod |
| 7 | min | minute | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | 8 video | compound |
| 8 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watched | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 game | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 game | det |
| 11 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 video | nmod |
| 12 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 13 saying | mark |
| 13 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 watched | advcl |
| 14 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 13 saying | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 embarrassing | punct |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 embarrassing | advmod |
| 17 | embarrassing | embarrassing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 watched | parataxis |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 embarrassing | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 watched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch in a quote | past | my mum | a min video of the game | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent video=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | gerund | my mum not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |
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: Was it a good idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 idea | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 idea | expl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 idea | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 idea | amod |
| 5 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 idea | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | a good idea | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, videos are always fake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 fake | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | videos | video | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fake | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fake | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 fake | advmod |
| 6 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | videos | always, fake property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, it's a smart way to decide
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 way | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 way | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 way | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 way | det |
| 6 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 way | amod |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 decide | mark |
| 9 | decide | decide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 way | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a smart way | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | decide | to-infinitive | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
No, she should just say yes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 say | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 say | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 say | advmod |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should | she | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |
Option 4
Only if she plays it too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 plays | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 plays | mark |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 plays | nsubj |
| 4 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 plays | obj |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 plays | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present | she | it | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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