Test 7 · ★ · Parents' rules for big games
«grown-ups play 18 games, so unfair». Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grown ups · What happens: grow, play · To what, where: 18 games
This is test 7 · ★ 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: «grown-ups play 18 games, so unfair».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 play | punct |
| 2 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ups | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 grown | punct |
| 4 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 play | nsubj |
| 5 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | 18 | 18 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 games | nummod |
| 7 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 play | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 unfair | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 unfair | advmod |
| 10 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 play | parataxis |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 unfair | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 play | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow in a quote | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | play in a quote | present | grown ups | 18 games | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=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: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Ratings protect younger minds, like film ratings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ratings | rating | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 protect | nsubj |
| 2 | protect | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 minds | amod |
| 4 | minds | mind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 protect | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 ratings | punct |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 ratings | case |
| 7 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ratings | compound |
| 8 | ratings | rating | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 protect | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | present | Ratings | younger minds | like film ratings | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Beneficiary |
Option 2
It's because grown-ups pay
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 | 7 pay | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 pay | cop |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 pay | mark |
| 4 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 ups | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 grown | punct |
| 6 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 pay | nsubj |
| 7 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | It | pay property | tree rules |
Option 3
Grown-ups just want the best games for themselves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ups | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grown | punct |
| 3 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 want | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 want | advmod |
| 5 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 games | det |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 games | amod |
| 8 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 want | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 themselves | case |
| 10 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 want | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | want | present | Grown ups | the best games | for ups = up | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot game=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Ratings are made up by shops to sell more games
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ratings | rating | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 made | compound:prt |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 shops | case |
| 6 | shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 sell | mark |
| 8 | sell | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | advcl |
| 9 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 games | amod |
| 10 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 sell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | present · passive | shops | Ratings | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | sell | to-infinitive | shops not said here | more games | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
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