Test 10 · ★ · The older kid's «trade»
In a cartoon, a little kid out-trades a big bully and wins a fortune. What's more common in real life?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little kid · What happens: trade, win, be · To what, where: big bully, cartoon, fortune, real life
This is test 10 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, a little kid out-trades a big bully and wins a fortune.
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 | 10 trades | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 kid | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kid | amod |
| 7 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 trades | nsubj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 kid | nmod |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 out | punct |
| 10 | trades | trade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 bully | det |
| 12 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 bully | amod |
| 13 | bully | bully | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 trades | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 wins | cc |
| 15 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 trades | conj |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 fortune | det |
| 17 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 wins | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 trades | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trade | present | a little kid | a big bully | a cartoon | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bully=Theme | |||
| 2 | win | present | a little kid not said here | a fortune | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=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's more common in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 common | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 common | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 common | advmod |
| 4 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 life | amod |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 common | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 common | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real life | common property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Older kids always lose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 kids | amod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lose | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 lose | advmod |
| 4 | lose | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | Older kids | always property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Trades with older kids are always fair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trades | trade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 fair | nsubj |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 kids | case |
| 3 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 kids | amod |
| 4 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Trades | nmod |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fair | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 fair | advmod |
| 7 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Trades with older kids | always, fair property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Little kids always win trades
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 | 4 win | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 win | advmod |
| 4 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | trades | trade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | Little kids | trades | always property | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trade=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The older kid gets the better deal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 kid | det |
| 2 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 kid | amod |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 deal | det |
| 6 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 deal | amod |
| 7 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the older kid | the better deal | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer deal=Stimulus |
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