Test 2 · ★ · Lied to by someone you love
Da in Dublin: «Fair play to you, son. I'm trying.» What does «fair play» mean here?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, fair play · What happens: try, mean
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 453 «Lied to by someone you love» 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: Da in Dublin: «Fair play to you, son.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Da | Da | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 play | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Dublin | case |
| 3 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Da | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 play | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 play | punct |
| 6 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 play | amod |
| 7 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 you | case |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 play | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 son | punct |
| 11 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 play | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 play | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: I'm trying.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 trying | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 trying | aux |
| 3 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 trying | punct |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 trying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | present · progressive | I | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Sentence 3: What does «fair play» mean here?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mean | aux |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 play | punct |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 play | amod |
| 5 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mean | nsubj |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 play | punct |
| 7 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 mean | advmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | fair play | here | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
That's not fair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 fair | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fair | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 fair | advmod |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | That | fair property | tree rules |
Option 2
Play nicely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | nicely | nicely | ADV | _ | 1 Play | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | imperative | you not said here | nicely property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Fair enough, well done
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 1 Fair | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fair | punct |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 done | advmod |
| 5 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Fair | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | participle | well property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Let's play a game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 game | det |
| 5 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 play | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | 's | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | play | infinitive | 's not said here | a game | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
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