Test 8 · ★ · The friend with a PS6
Josh boasts he can backflip but can't. What's a good way down from a boast?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Josh · What happens: boast, backflip, be · To what, where: boast · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Josh boasts he can backflip but can't.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boasts | nsubj |
| 2 | boasts | boast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 backflip | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 backflip | aux |
| 5 | backflip | backflip | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 boasts | ccomp |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 ca | cc |
| 7 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 backflip | conj |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 ca | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 boasts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | boast speech: other | present | Josh | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | backflip | can | Josh | tree rules |
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 a good way down from a boast?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 down | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 down | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 down | obl |
| 6 | down | down | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 boast | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 boast | det |
| 9 | boast | boast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 down | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 down | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a boast | a good way obl; down property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Stop going to the park
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Stop | xcomp |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 park | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 park | det |
| 5 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 going | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | go | gerund | you not said here | the park | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Keep making excuses for months until they forget
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 excuses | amod |
| 3 | excuses | excuse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keep | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 months | case |
| 5 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keep | obl |
| 6 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 forget | mark |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 forget | nsubj |
| 8 | forget | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | making excuses | month | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excuse=Theme | |||
| 2 | make | gerund | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||||
| 3 | forget | present | excuses = excuse | tree rules |
Option 3
Try a backflip without practice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Try | try | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 backflip | det |
| 3 | backflip | backflip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Try | obj |
| 4 | without | without | ADP | _ | 5 practice | case |
| 5 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Try | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | imperative | you not said here | a backflip | without practice | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backflip=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
«I can't actually, but I can do a cartwheel»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 actually | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 actually | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 actually | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 actually | advmod |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 do | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 do | cc |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 do | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 do | aux |
| 10 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 actually | parataxis |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 cartwheel | det |
| 12 | cartwheel | cartwheel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 do | obj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | can | I | a cartwheel | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cartwheel=Eventuality |
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