Test 5 · ★★ · Covering for a friend
Liam: «cheers for taking the blame, I'll do the same for u». What usually happens?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cheers, I · What happens: take, do, happen · To what, where: blame, same
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 436 «Covering for a friend» 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: Liam: «cheers for taking the blame, I'll do the same for u».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 do | vocative |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 cheers | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 cheers | punct |
| 4 | cheers | cheer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Liam | appos |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 6 taking | mark |
| 6 | taking | take | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 cheers | acl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 blame | det |
| 8 | blame | blame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 taking | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Liam | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 do | nsubj |
| 11 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 do | aux |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 same | det |
| 14 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 do | obj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 u | case |
| 16 | u | u | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 do | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 do | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take in a quote | gerund | cheers not said here | the blame | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blame=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do in a quote | future | I | the same | for u; Liam vocative | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality |
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 usually happens?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 3 happens | advmod |
| 3 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | usually property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The friend always pays you back the next time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pays | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 pays | advmod |
| 4 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 pays | iobj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 pays | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pays | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay back | present | the friend | you | time | always property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Asset |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The friend learns nothing and you may be next
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 learns | nsubj |
| 3 | learns | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 learns | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 next | cc |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 next | nsubj |
| 7 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 next | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 next | cop |
| 9 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 learns | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | the friend | nothing | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | may | you | next property | tree rules |
Option 3
The teacher thanks you
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 thanks | nsubj |
| 3 | thanks | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 thanks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thank speech: thank | present | the teacher | you | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 4
You get a medal for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 medal | det |
| 4 | medal | medal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | You | a medal | for medal | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent medal=Theme for it=Source |
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