Test 2 · Teamwork, strategy and Minecraft building
Noah's mate: «the new girl is useless, kick her». What's the wiser move?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, wiser move · What happens: be, kick · To what, where: girl
This is test 2 of lesson 424 «Teamwork, strategy and Minecraft building» 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: Noah's mate: «the new girl is useless, kick her».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Noah | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 useless | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 useless | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 useless | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 girl | det |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 girl | amod |
| 8 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 useless | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 useless | cop |
| 10 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 kick | punct |
| 12 | kick | kick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 10 useless | parataxis |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 kick | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 kick | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 useless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Noah's mate | useless property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | kick in a quote | infinitive | girl | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent she=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: What's the wiser move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 move | det |
| 4 | wiser | wise | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 move | amod |
| 5 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wiser move | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Kick her out before she ruins the match for everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kick | kick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Kick | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Kick | compound:prt |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 ruins | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 ruins | nsubj |
| 6 | ruins | ruin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Kick | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 match | det |
| 8 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ruins | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 everyone | case |
| 10 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 ruins | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick out | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 2 | ruin | present | she | the match | for everyone | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Patient |
Option 2
Tell her to go and play somewhere else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 go | mark |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 play | cc |
| 6 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | conj |
| 7 | somewhere | somewhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 play | advmod |
| 8 | else | else | ADV | _ | 7 somewhere | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | play | infinitive | somewhere property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Show her the controls for a few minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Show | iobj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 controls | det |
| 4 | controls | control | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Show | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 minutes | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 minutes | det |
| 7 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 minutes | amod |
| 8 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Show | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | imperative | you not said here | the controls | her = she | minute | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient control=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Ignore her and hope she leaves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ignore | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 hope | cc |
| 4 | hope | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ignore | conj |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 leaves | nsubj |
| 6 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hope | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hope | present | you not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | leave | present | she | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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