Test 4 · In-game purchases and skins: the dancing banana problem
Jayden: «my fave YouTuber's got it, so it must be good». What should he wonder?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jayden, fave · What happens: get, be, wonder · To what, where: fave
This is test 4 of lesson 412 «In-game purchases and skins: the dancing banana problem» 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: Jayden: «my fave YouTuber's got it, so it must be good».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayden | Jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 got | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 fave | nmod:poss |
| 5 | fave | fave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | nsubj |
| 6 | YouTuber | YouTuber | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 fave | appos |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 got | aux |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 got | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 good | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 good | advmod |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 good | nsubj |
| 13 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 good | aux |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 good | cop |
| 15 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 got | parataxis |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 good | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · passive | Jayden | fave | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | must | fave | good property | 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 should he wonder?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 wonder | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 wonder | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wonder | nsubj |
| 4 | wonder | wonder | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wonder | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wonder speech: ask | should | Jayden | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Is the skin heavier than others?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 skin | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 skin | det |
| 3 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heavier | csubj |
| 4 | heavier | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 6 others | case |
| 6 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 heavier | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 heavier | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the skin | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Was the YouTuber paid to show it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 paid | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 YouTuber | det |
| 3 | YouTuber | YouTuber | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 paid | nsubj |
| 4 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 show | mark |
| 6 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 paid | xcomp |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 show | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 paid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the YouTuber | pay property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | show | to-infinitive | the YouTuber not said here | YouTuber | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
Option 3
Did the YouTuber pay double?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pay | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 YouTuber | det |
| 3 | YouTuber | YouTuber | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 pay | nsubj |
| 4 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pay | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 pay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | past · do-support | the YouTuber | double | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent double=Asset |
Option 4
Is the YouTuber's skin bigger than his?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 skin | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 YouTuber | det |
| 3 | YouTuber | YouTuber | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 skin | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 YouTuber | case |
| 5 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bigger | csubj |
| 6 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 his | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bigger | conj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 bigger | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the YouTuber's skin | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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