Test 7 · ★ · The friend with a PS6
Lucy: «I won the dance comp!» — she came fifth. Why is the truth braver?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lucy, truth · What happens: win, come, be · To what, where: dance comp
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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: Lucy: «I won the dance comp!» — she came fifth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy | Lucy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 won | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lucy | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 won | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 won | nsubj |
| 5 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 comp | det |
| 7 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 comp | compound |
| 8 | comp | comp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 won | obj |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 won | punct |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 won | punct |
| 11 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 came | punct |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 came | nsubj |
| 13 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 won | conj |
| 14 | fifth | fifth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 came | xcomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 won | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win in a quote | past | Lucy | the dance comp | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comp=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | come | past | Lucy | fifth property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: Why is the truth braver?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 braver | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 braver | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 braver | nsubj |
| 5 | braver | brave | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 braver | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the truth | brave property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nobody ever checks results
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 checks | nsubj |
| 2 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 checks | advmod |
| 3 | checks | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | results | result | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 checks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | present | Nobody | results | ever | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Admitting a real result takes more courage than a fake first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admitting | admit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 takes | csubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 result | det |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 result | amod |
| 4 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Admitting | obj |
| 5 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 courage | amod |
| 7 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 takes | obj |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 fake | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 fake | det |
| 10 | fake | fake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 courage | nmod |
| 11 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 takes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | gerund | a real result | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme | |||||
| 2 | take | present | Admitting | more courage | than a fake; first property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme |
Option 3
Fifth is really the same as first in dance competitions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fifth | fifth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 same | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 same | cop |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 same | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 same | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 first | case |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 same | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 competitions | case |
| 9 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 competitions | compound |
| 10 | competitions | competition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 same | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Fifth | dance competitions | same property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Fake wins feel just as good as real ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 wins | amod |
| 2 | wins | win | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 feel | nsubj |
| 3 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 good | advmod |
| 5 | as | as | ADV | _ | 6 good | advmod |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 feel | xcomp |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 ones | case |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 ones | amod |
| 9 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 feel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | Fake wins | as real ones; good property | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent as one=Theme |
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