Test 6 · ★★ · The magician's trick explained
Park man: «Wrong again? Double or nothing, love!» What's he trying to do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man · What happens: try, do
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 448 «The magician's trick explained» 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: Park man: «Wrong again?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 man | compound |
| 2 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 Wrong | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 Wrong | punct |
| 5 | Wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 man | acl |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 Wrong | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 man | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Double or nothing, love!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 nothing | amod |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 3 nothing | cc |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 love | punct |
| 5 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nothing | conj |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 nothing | punct |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 nothing | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What's he trying to do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 trying | obj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 trying | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trying | nsubj |
| 4 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 do | mark |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 trying | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 trying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | present · progressive | man | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | man not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Teach you a clever maths trick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teach | teach | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Teach | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 maths | det |
| 4 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 maths | amod |
| 5 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 trick | nsubj |
| 6 | trick | trick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Teach | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | imperative | you not said here | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | trick | present | a clever maths | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Keep you paying so he wins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | paying | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 wins | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wins | nsubj |
| 6 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 paying | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pay | gerund | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | win | present | he | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Give you a free extra go at the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 go | det |
| 4 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 go | amod |
| 5 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 go | amod |
| 6 | go | go | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | a free extra go | you | at the end | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Recipient go=Theme at end=Asset |
Option 4
Help you win your money back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Help | obj |
| 3 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Help | xcomp |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 money | nmod:poss |
| 5 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 win | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 win | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | imperative | you not said here | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | win back | infinitive | you not said here | your money | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality |
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