Test 4 · ★ · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other Twins swap hoodies. Teacher: «Both stay in at recess then, eh?» Why does the trick backfire?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Twins, Both · What happens: swap, stay, do · To what, where: hoodies, Teacher, recess, trick backfire
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 432 ««It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other» 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: Twins swap hoodies.
nsubj obj punct root Twins NOUN swap VERB hoodies NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Twins twin NOUN Number=Plur 2 swap nsubj 2 swap swap VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 hoodies hoodie NOUN Number=Plur 2 swap obj 4 . . PUNCT _ 2 swap punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 swap present Twins hoodies vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoodie=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: Teacher: «Both stay in at recess then, eh?»
obl:unmarked punct punct nsubj case case obl advmod punct discourse punct punct root Teacher NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT Both DET stay VERB in ADP at ADP recess NOUN then ADV , PUNCT eh INTJ ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 5 stay obl:unmarked 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Teacher punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 5 stay punct 4 Both both DET PronType=Tot 5 stay nsubj 5 stay stay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 in in ADP _ 8 recess case 7 at at ADP _ 8 recess case 8 recess recess NOUN Number=Sing 5 stay obl 9 then then ADV PronType=Dem 5 stay advmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 eh punct 11 eh eh INTJ _ 5 stay discourse 12 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 stay punct 13 » » PUNCT _ 5 stay punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay in a quote present Both Teacher recess then vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in recess=Location
Sentence 3: Why does the trick backfire?
conj det compound obj punct root Why ADV does VERB the DET trick NOUN backfire NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int root root 2 does do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Why conj 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 backfire det 4 trick trick NOUN Number=Sing 5 backfire compound 5 backfire backfire NOUN Number=Sing 2 does obj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 Why punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present the trick backfire vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backfire=Eventuality
The options Option 1 They get extra recess
nsubj amod obj root They PRON get VERB extra ADJ recess NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 get nsubj 2 get get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 extra extra ADJ Degree=Pos 4 recess amod 4 recess recess NOUN Number=Sing 2 get obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present They extra recess vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer recess=Stimulus
Option 2 The teacher liked their hoodies
det nsubj nmod:poss obj root The DET teacher NOUN liked VERB their PRON hoodies NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 teacher det 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 liked nsubj 3 liked like VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 hoodies nmod:poss 5 hoodies hoodie NOUN Number=Plur 3 liked obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 like past the teacher their hoodies vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hoodie=Theme
Option 3 Recess was cancelled for the whole class anyway because of rain
nsubj:pass aux:pass case det amod obl advmod case fixed obl root Recess NOUN was AUX cancelled VERB for ADP the DET whole ADJ class NOUN anyway ADV because ADP of ADP rain NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Recess recess NOUN Number=Sing 3 cancelled nsubj:pass 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 cancelled aux:pass 3 cancelled cancel VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 for for ADP _ 7 class case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 class det 6 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 7 class amod 7 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 cancelled obl 8 anyway anyway ADV _ 3 cancelled advmod 9 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 11 rain case 10 of of ADP _ 9 because fixed 11 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 3 cancelled obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cancel past · passive Recess for the whole class; because rain; anyway property tree rules
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Confusing who did it makes both share the punishment
csubj nsubj ccomp obj obj xcomp det obj root Confusing VERB who PRON did VERB it PRON makes VERB both DET share VERB the DET punishment NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Confusing confuse VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 makes csubj 2 who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 did nsubj 3 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Confusing ccomp 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 did obj 5 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 both both DET PronType=Tot 5 makes obj 7 share share VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 makes xcomp 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 punishment det 9 punishment punishment NOUN Number=Sing 7 share obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 confuse gerund tree rules 2 do past it vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality 3 make present Confusing both tree rules 4 share infinitive both not said here the punishment tree rules
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