Test 5 · ★★★ · Family game night
Ollie's little cousin always cries when she loses. Which game would suit tonight?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little cousin, cousin, game · What happens: cry, lose, suit
This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 425 «Family game night» 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's little cousin always cries when she loses.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ollie | case |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cousin | amod |
| 4 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cries | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 cries | advmod |
| 6 | cries | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 loses | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 loses | nsubj |
| 9 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cries | ccomp |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 cries | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | present | Ollie's little cousin | always property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | lose | present | cousin | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 game would suit tonight?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 game | det |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 suit | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 suit | aux |
| 4 | suit | suit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 suit | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 suit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suit | would | which game | tonight | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A game where the loser has to do all the dishes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 game | det |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | nsubj |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 has | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 loser | det |
| 5 | loser | loser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 do | mark |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 has | xcomp |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 dishes | det:predet |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dishes | det |
| 11 | dishes | dish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a game | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | a game not said here | all dishes | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A cooperative game where all play together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 2 | cooperative | cooperative | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 game | amod |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 play | advmod |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 play | advmod |
| 6 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 game | acl:relcl |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 6 play | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present | together property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
A quiz where the youngest goes last
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 quiz | det |
| 2 | quiz | quiz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 goes | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 youngest | det |
| 5 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 goes | nsubj |
| 6 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | last | last | ADV | _ | 6 goes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | a quiz | last property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
A race where the grown-ups play hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 race | det |
| 2 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 play | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ups | det |
| 5 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 ups | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 grown | punct |
| 7 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 play | nsubj |
| 8 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 race | acl:relcl |
| 9 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 play | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | play | present | the grown ups | hard property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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