Test 10 · ★ · Homework first?
Leo: «homework first then Minecraft, it's kinda motivating». Why does it work?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: homework · What happens: motivate, work · To what, where: Minecraft
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 419 «Homework first?» 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: Leo: «homework first then Minecraft, it's kinda motivating».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 homework | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 homework | punct |
| 4 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leo | appos |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 Minecraft | advmod |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 Minecraft | advmod |
| 7 | Minecraft | Minecraft | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Leo | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 motivating | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 motivating | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 motivating | aux |
| 11 | kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 12 motivating | advmod |
| 12 | motivating | motivate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 Minecraft | acl:relcl |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 motivating | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Leo | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | motivate in a quote | present · progressive | homework | Minecraft not said here | kinda property | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minecraft=Patient |
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: Why does it work?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 work | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 work | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 work | nsubj |
| 4 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present · do-support | homework | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The reward at the end helps him finish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 reward | det |
| 2 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 helps | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 end | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 end | det |
| 5 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reward | nmod |
| 6 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 helps | obj |
| 8 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 helps | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | the reward at the end | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | finish | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2
He skips the hard questions to play
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 | 2 skips | nsubj |
| 2 | skips | skip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 questions | det |
| 4 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 questions | amod |
| 5 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 skips | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 play | mark |
| 7 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 skips | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | skip | present | He | the hard questions | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Agent | ||||
| 2 | play | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
His mum does the hard parts for him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 parts | det |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 parts | amod |
| 6 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 does | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 parts | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | His mum | the hard parts | for him = he | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Minecraft makes his homework shorter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minecraft | Minecraft | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 homework | nmod:poss |
| 4 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | shorter | short | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Minecraft | Minecraft's homework | short property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Product |
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