Test 10 · Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi
«old laptop, everything's slow, guess I can't play with them». Good friends would?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: old laptop, I · What happens: be, guess, not play · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 409 «Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi» 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: «old laptop, everything's slow, guess I can't play with them».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 laptop | punct |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 laptop | amod |
| 3 | laptop | laptop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 slow | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 laptop | punct |
| 5 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 slow | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 slow | cop |
| 7 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 guess | punct |
| 9 | guess | guess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 slow | conj |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 play | nsubj |
| 11 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 play | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 play | advmod |
| 13 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 guess | ccomp |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 them | case |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 play | obl |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 play | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 slow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | old laptop | slow property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | guess in a quote | present | old laptop not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not play in a quote | can | I | with them = they | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with they=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: Good friends would?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 friends | amod |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 would | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 would | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Tell her to stay home until she gets a new one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 stay | mark |
| 4 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 stay | advmod |
| 6 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 gets | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 gets | nsubj |
| 8 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stay | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 one | det |
| 10 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 one | amod |
| 11 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | stay not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | home property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get | present | she | a new one | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |
Option 2
Play without telling her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 3 telling | mark |
| 3 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Play | advcl |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 telling | iobj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | imperative | you not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | gerund | you not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
Option 3
Make fun of the laptop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 laptop | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 laptop | det |
| 5 | laptop | laptop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fun | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | fun of the laptop | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Pick games that run fine on her laptop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Pick | obj |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 run | nsubj |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 games | acl:relcl |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 run | xcomp |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 laptop | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 laptop | nmod:poss |
| 8 | laptop | laptop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | imperative | you not said here | games | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Patient | ||||
| 2 | run | present | games | her laptop | fine property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on laptop=Trajectory |
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