Test 11 · ★★ · Big kids, little kids and the truth at home
In a cartoon, a big sister always tricks her little brother into giving her his dessert. What is true in real life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: big sister · What happens: trick, give, be · To what, where: little brother, cartoon, dessert, real life
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 433 «Big kids, little kids and the truth at home» 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: In a cartoon, a big sister always tricks her little brother into giving her his dessert.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tricks | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sister | det |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sister | amod |
| 7 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tricks | nsubj |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 tricks | advmod |
| 9 | tricks | trick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 brother | nmod:poss |
| 11 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 brother | amod |
| 12 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tricks | obj |
| 13 | into | into | SCONJ | _ | 14 giving | mark |
| 14 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 tricks | advcl |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 dessert | nmod:poss |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 dessert | nmod:poss |
| 17 | dessert | dessert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 giving | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 tricks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | present | a big sister | sister's little brother | a cartoon | always property | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient | ||
| 2 | give | gerund | a big sister not said here | sister's dessert | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dessert=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 is true in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real life | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tricking smaller kids is unfair and usually found out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tricking | trick | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 unfair | csubj |
| 2 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 kids | amod |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Tricking | obj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 unfair | cop |
| 5 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 found | cc |
| 7 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 8 found | advmod |
| 8 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 unfair | conj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 found | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | gerund | smaller kids | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Tricking | unfair property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | find out | participle | Tricking not said here | usually property | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Little kids enjoy being tricked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 kids | amod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 enjoy | nsubj |
| 3 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 tricked | aux:pass |
| 5 | tricked | trick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 enjoy | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | present | Little kids | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | trick | gerund · passive | Little kids not said here | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP» |
Option 3
Parents always take the big one's side
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 take | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 take | advmod |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 one | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 one | amod |
| 6 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 side | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 one | case |
| 8 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | Parents | the big one's side | always property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme |
Option 4
It's a fair way for big kids to get a bit more food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 way | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 kids | case |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 kids | amod |
| 8 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 way | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 get | mark |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 bit | det |
| 12 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 more | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 food | amod |
| 14 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a fair way | for big kids | tree rules | |||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | more food | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus |
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