Test 9 · Teamwork, strategy and Minecraft building
Zara: «can a game really help with homework??» What's true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Zara · What happens: help, be
This is test 9 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: Zara: «can a game really help with homework??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 help | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 can | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 can | punct |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 help | aux |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 can | nsubj |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 help | advmod |
| 8 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 homework | case |
| 10 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 help | obl |
| 11 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 8 help | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help in a quote | can | Zara | with homework | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with homework=Theme |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | 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
Only if the game is about maths
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 7 maths | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 maths | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 game | det |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 maths | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 maths | cop |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 maths | case |
| 7 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the game | about maths | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, she built a Roman villa for her project
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 built | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 built | nsubj |
| 4 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 villa | det |
| 6 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 villa | amod |
| 7 | villa | villa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 built | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 project | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 project | nmod:poss |
| 10 | project | project | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 built | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past | she | a Roman villa | for her project | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent villa=Material for project=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | project | her = she | nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
No, games and homework never mix, not even a little bit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 mix | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 mix | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 homework | cc |
| 5 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 games | conj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 mix | advmod |
| 7 | mix | mix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bit | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 bit | advmod |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 bit | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 bit | det |
| 12 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 bit | amod |
| 13 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mix | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mix | infinitive | games and homework | a little bit | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Only on weekends and holidays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 weekends | advmod |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 weekends | case |
| 3 | weekends | weekend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 holidays | cc |
| 5 | holidays | holiday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 weekends | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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