Test 1 · ★ · The older kid's «trade»
Year 9 lad: «swap ya my phone for ur bike, it's boss, worth way more, quick». Best move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: phone · What happens: swap, be · To what, where: ya, boss
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 445 «The older kid's «trade»» 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: Year 9 lad: «swap ya my phone for ur bike, it's boss, worth way more, quick».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lad | compound |
| 2 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Year | flat |
| 3 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 swap | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 swap | punct |
| 6 | swap | swap | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 lad | parataxis |
| 7 | ya | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 swap | obj |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 phone | nmod:poss |
| 9 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swap | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 bike | case |
| 11 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 bike | nmod:poss |
| 12 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swap | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 boss | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 boss | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 boss | cop |
| 16 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swap | parataxis |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 way | punct |
| 18 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 way | amod |
| 19 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 boss | appos |
| 20 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 19 way | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 quick | punct |
| 22 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 boss | parataxis |
| 23 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 22 quick | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap in a quote | infinitive | ya | for ur's bike | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | phone | boss | 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: Best move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 move | amod |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 move | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ask why — and say no or ask a grown-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 1 Ask | advmod |
| 3 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 say | cc |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | ccomp |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 say | obj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 ask | cc |
| 8 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 say | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 up | det |
| 10 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 up | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 up | punct |
| 12 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ask | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | no | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | a grown up | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |
Option 2
Swap fast before he changes his mind about the bike
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swap | swap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 changes | advmod |
| 3 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 5 changes | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 changes | nsubj |
| 5 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mind | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 changes | obj |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 bike | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bike | det |
| 10 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 changes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | Swap | Swap's mind | about the bike; fast property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | |||
| 2 | mind | Swap | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Swap but keep the bike's helmet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swap | swap | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 keep | cc |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Swap | conj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bike | det |
| 5 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 helmet | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 bike | case |
| 7 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keep | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap | imperative | you not said here | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | you not said here | the bike's helmet | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme |
Option 4
Ask him to swear on his life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 swear | mark |
| 4 | swear | swear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 life | nmod:poss |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | swear not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | his life | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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