Test 8 · Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»
Noah lost again: «FISHCAKES!» What is he doing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah · What happens: lose, do · To what, where: FISHCAKES
This is test 8 of lesson 406 «Toxic players, swearing and «fishcakes»» 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: Noah lost again: «FISHCAKES!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 lost | advmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 lost | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 FISHCAKES | punct |
| 6 | FISHCAKES | fishcake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 lost | obl |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 FISHCAKES | punct |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 FISHCAKES | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | Noah | FISHCAKES | again | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 is he doing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 doing | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 doing | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 doing | nsubj |
| 4 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 doing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · progressive | Noah | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ordering dinner on voice chat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ordering | order | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ordering | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 chat | case |
| 4 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chat | compound |
| 5 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ordering | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | gerund | dinner | voice chat | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Theme |
Option 2
Swearing at his teammates in a secret way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swearing | swear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 teammates | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 teammates | nmod:poss |
| 4 | teammates | teammate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Swearing | obl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 way | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 way | det |
| 7 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 way | amod |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Swearing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | gerund | his teammates | in a secret way | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Giving his team a secret signal to retreat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 signal | csubj |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 team | nmod:poss |
| 3 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Giving | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 signal | det |
| 5 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 signal | amod |
| 6 | signal | signal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 retreat | mark |
| 8 | retreat | retreat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 signal | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | gerund | his team | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Theme | |||||
| 2 | retreat | to-infinitive | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Letting anger out with a harmless silly word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Letting | let | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Letting | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Letting | compound:prt |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 word | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 word | det |
| 6 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 word | amod |
| 7 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 word | amod |
| 8 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Letting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let out | gerund | anger | with a harmless silly word | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Theme |
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