Test 2 · ★ · Screen-time rules and arguments
Leo: «Theo gets 3 hrs, so I should too». Is that a good argument?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo · What happens: get, be · To what, where: 3 hrs, good argument
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 421 «Screen-time rules and arguments» 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: «Theo gets 3 hrs, so I should too».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Leo | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 gets | punct |
| 4 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | nsubj |
| 5 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 hrs | nummod |
| 7 | hrs | hr | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 gets | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 should | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 should | advmod |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 should | nsubj |
| 11 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 gets | advcl |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 11 should | advmod |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 should | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present | Leo | 3 hrs | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hr=Stimulus |
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: Is that a good argument?
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 argument | cop |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 argument | mark |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 argument | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 argument | amod |
| 5 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 argument | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good argument | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if Theo is older than Leo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 older | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 older | mark |
| 4 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 older | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 older | cop |
| 6 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 Leo | case |
| 8 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 older | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Theo | than Leo; old property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, parents have to copy what other parents allow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 copy | mark |
| 6 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 have | xcomp |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 allow | obj |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 parents | amod |
| 9 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 allow | nsubj |
| 10 | allow | allow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 copy | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | parents | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | copy | to-infinitive | parents not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | allow | present | other parents | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, each family has its own rules and reasons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 family | det |
| 4 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 rules | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rules | amod |
| 8 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 has | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 reasons | cc |
| 10 | reasons | reason | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 rules | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | each family | family's own rules and reasons | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient | ||||
| 2 | rule | family | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
No, because Theo is not a real friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 friend | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 friend | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 friend | mark |
| 4 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 friend | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 friend | cop |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 friend | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 friend | det |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 friend | amod |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | Theo | a real friend | 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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