Test 4 · Lag, crashes and blaming the wifi
«we lost cos of Jayden's lag». Jayden's ping says 20. So?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, Jayden, ping · What happens: lose, lag, say · To what, where: cos, 20 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 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: «we lost cos of Jayden's lag».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 lost | punct |
| 2 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | cos | co | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lost | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 lag | case |
| 6 | Jayden | Jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 lag | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Jayden | case |
| 8 | lag | lag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cos | nmod |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 lost | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose in a quote | past | we | cos of Jayden's lag | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent co=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | lag in a quote | Jayden | nom lag «act intransitive»: poss=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: Jayden's ping says 20.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayden | Jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ping | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Jayden | case |
| 3 | ping | ping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 says | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Jayden's ping | 20 | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 20=Topic |
Sentence 3: So?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 So | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Jayden must be lying about his ping
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayden | Jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 lying | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 lying | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 lying | aux |
| 4 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 ping | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 ping | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ping | ping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | must · progressive | Jayden | about Jayden's ping | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about ping=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The lag wasn't the reason they lost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lag | det |
| 2 | lag | lag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reason | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 reason | cop |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 reason | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 reason | det |
| 6 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 lost | nsubj |
| 8 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 reason | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | past | the lag | the reason | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose | past | they | the reason not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
20 means terrible lag
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lag | amod |
| 4 | lag | lag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | 20 | terrible lag | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lag=Topic |
Option 4
The game is broken
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 game | det |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 broken | aux:pass |
| 4 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present · passive | the game | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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