Test 4 · ★ · Parents' rules for big games
«why can't i have voice chat but i can have the game». What's the likely reason?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, likely reason · What happens: have, be · To what, where: voice chat, game
This is test 4 · ★ 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: «why can't i have voice chat but i can have the game».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 have | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 ca | advmod |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 have | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 ca | advmod |
| 5 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 have | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chat | compound |
| 8 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 have | obj |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 have | cc |
| 10 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 have | nsubj |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 have | aux |
| 12 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 have | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 game | det |
| 14 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 have | obj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 have | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | can | i | voice chat | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chat=Patient | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | can | i | the game | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Patient |
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 likely reason?
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 reason | det |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | 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 likely reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Voice chat costs a lot extra every month
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 chat | compound |
| 2 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 costs | nsubj |
| 3 | costs | cost | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 lot | det |
| 5 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 costs | obj |
| 6 | extra | extra | ADV | _ | 3 costs | advmod |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 month | det |
| 8 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 costs | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cost | present | Voice chat | a lot | month | extra property | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme lot=Value |
Option 2
The game breaks if you chat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 game | det |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 breaks | nsubj |
| 3 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 chat | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 chat | nsubj |
| 6 | chat | chat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 breaks | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present | the game | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | chat speech: other a condition, not said to happen | present | you | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Voice chat is only for adults, by law, in every country
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 chat | compound |
| 2 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 adults | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 adults | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 adults | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 adults | case |
| 6 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 law | punct |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 law | case |
| 9 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 adults | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 country | punct |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 country | case |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 country | det |
| 13 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 adults | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Voice chat | for adults and law and every country | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The game is fine but chat with strangers is a risk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 game | det |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fine | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | cop |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 risk | parataxis |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 chat | cc |
| 6 | chat | chat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | conj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 strangers | case |
| 8 | strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 chat | obl |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 risk | cop |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 risk | det |
| 11 | risk | risk | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the game | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | chat speech: other | present | the game not said here | with strangers | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with stranger=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | a risk | tree rules |
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