Test 8 · ★ · Parents' rules for big games
«just get the demo, demos don't count». What happened to Ollie?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, demos · What happens: get, not count, happen · To what, where: demo, Ollie
This is test 8 · ★ 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: «just get the demo, demos don't count».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 get | punct |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 get | advmod |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 demo | det |
| 5 | demo | demo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 count | punct |
| 7 | demos | demo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 count | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 count | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 count | advmod |
| 10 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 get | conj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 get | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | imperative | you not said here | the demo | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer demo=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not count in a quote | present · do-support | demos | vn matter-91 «NP V»: 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: What happened to Ollie?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 Ollie | case |
| 4 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 happened | obl |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | Ollie | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
His mum got an email and he lost the console for sneaking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 email | det |
| 5 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj | ||
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 lost | cc |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 lost | nsubj |
| 8 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 console | det |
| 10 | console | console | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lost | obj |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 sneaking | mark |
| 12 | sneaking | sneak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 lost | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | His mum | a email | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer email=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | lose | past | he | the console | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent console=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | sneak | gerund | he not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Demos are hidden from parents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Demos | demo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hidden | aux:pass |
| 3 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 parents | case |
| 5 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present · passive | Demos | from parents | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from parent=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
His mum let him keep it because demos are free to download
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 let | nsubj |
| 3 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 let | obj |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 let | xcomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 keep | obj |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 free | mark |
| 8 | demos | demo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 free | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 free | cop |
| 10 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 keep | xcomp |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 download | mark |
| 12 | download | download | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 free | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | infinitive | His mum | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | him = he not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | present | demos | free property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | download | to-infinitive | demos not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
Nobody noticed, so he carried on playing it every night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 noticed | nsubj |
| 2 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 carried | punct |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 carried | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 carried | nsubj |
| 6 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 night | case |
| 7 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 8 playing | mark |
| 8 | playing | play | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 carried | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 playing | obj |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 night | det |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 noticed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | past | Nobody | night | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | carry | past | he | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | play | gerund | he not said here | it | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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