Test 6 · ★ · Homework first?
Ollie: «I learnt my 7s from a game, no joke». Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ollie · What happens: learn, be · To what, where: 7s, game
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Ollie: «I learnt my 7s from a game, no joke».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 learnt | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ollie | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 learnt | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 learnt | nsubj |
| 5 | learnt | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 7s | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 7s | 7 | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 learnt | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 game | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 game | det |
| 10 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 learnt | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 joke | punct |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 joke | det |
| 13 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 game | appos |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 joke | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 learnt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn in a quote | past | Ollie | my 7s | a game | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent 7=Topic from game=Source |
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: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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
Some games really can help you learn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 games | det |
| 2 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 help | nsubj |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 help | advmod |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 help | aux |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 help | obj |
| 7 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 help | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | can | some games | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | learn | infinitive | you not said here | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Games can never teach anything useful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 teach | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 teach | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 teach | advmod |
| 4 | teach | teach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 teach | obj |
| 6 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 anything | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not teach speech: other | can | Games | anything | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Learning from a game is a kind of cheating
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Learning | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 kind | csubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 game | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 game | det |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Learning | obl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 kind | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 kind | det |
| 7 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 cheating | case |
| 9 | cheating | cheating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kind | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | gerund | a game | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from game=Source | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | Learning | a kind | of cheating | tree rules |
Option 4
Only board games can teach maths
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 games | advmod |
| 2 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 games | compound |
| 3 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 teach | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 teach | aux |
| 5 | teach | teach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 teach | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | can | board games | maths | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent math=Recipient |
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