Test 9 · ★ · Parents' rules for big games
«shop wouldn't sell my brother an 18 game, he's 15». Why?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: shop · What happens: not sell, be · To what, where: 18 game, brother, 15
This is test 9 · ★ 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: «shop wouldn't sell my brother an 18 game, he's 15».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 sell | punct |
| 2 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sell | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 sell | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 sell | advmod |
| 5 | sell | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 brother | nmod:poss |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sell | obj |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 game | det |
| 9 | 18 | 18 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 game | nummod |
| 10 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sell | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 15 | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 15 | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 15 | cop |
| 14 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 sell | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 15 | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not sell in a quote | would | shop | a 18 game | my brother | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient game=Theme | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | shop | 15 | tree rules |
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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
The shop didn't like the look of him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 shop | det |
| 2 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 like | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 like | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 like | advmod |
| 5 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 look | det |
| 7 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 like | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 look | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | past · do-support | the shop | the look of him | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot look=Theme |
Option 2
He forgot his money and his bank card at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 money | nmod:poss |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 forgot | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 card | cc |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 card | nmod:poss |
| 7 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 card | compound |
| 8 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 money | conj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 home | case |
| 10 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 forgot | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | He | his money and his bank card | home | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's against the law in the UK to sell it to him
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 | 5 law | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 law | cop |
| 3 | against | against | ADP | _ | 5 law | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 law | det |
| 5 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 UK | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 UK | det |
| 8 | UK | UK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 law | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 sell | mark |
| 10 | sell | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 law | acl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sell | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | the UK | against the law | tree rules | |||
| 2 | sell | to-infinitive | UK | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Recipient |
Option 4
18 games are only for collectors
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 18 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 games | nummod |
| 2 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 collectors | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 collectors | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 collectors | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 collectors | case |
| 6 | collectors | collector | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | 18 games | for collectors | tree rules |
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