Test 7 · ★ · Rage-quitting, ranked games and the calm jar
Zara's dad yells «are you KIDDING me» at the telly. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, you · What happens: yell, kid, be · To what, where: dad, telly · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 407 «Rage-quitting, ranked games and the calm jar» 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: Zara's dad yells «are you KIDDING me» at the telly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Zara | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 yells | nsubj |
| 4 | yells | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 KIDDING | punct |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 KIDDING | aux |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 KIDDING | nsubj |
| 8 | KIDDING | kid | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 yells | ccomp |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 KIDDING | obj |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 KIDDING | punct |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 telly | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 telly | det |
| 13 | telly | telly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 KIDDING | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 yells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | present | Zara's dad | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | kid in a quote | present · progressive | you | Zara's dad = dad | the telly | 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: What's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Grown-ups rage too and can learn calm tricks
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 | 4 rage | nsubj |
| 4 | rage | rage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 rage | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 learn | cc |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 learn | aux |
| 8 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 rage | conj |
| 9 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tricks | amod |
| 10 | tricks | trick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 learn | obj |
| # | 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 | rage | present | Grown ups | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | learn | can | Grown ups not said here | calm tricks | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He's right to yell, it helps
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 | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 yell | mark |
| 5 | yell | yell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 helps | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 helps | nsubj |
| 8 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | yell speech: express | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | help | present | it | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Only kids ever get angry at games, never adults
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 kids | advmod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 games | case |
| 7 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 angry | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 adults | punct |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 adults | advmod |
| 10 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | kids | adults | ever | angry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Dads are never allowed to play
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dads | dad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 play | mark |
| 6 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Dads | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | play not said to happen | to-infinitive | Dads not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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