Test 2 · The new kid and the first day
Kieran: «we've got enough players, new kid can watch». What would most likely happen if he let him play?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kieran, enough players, kid · What happens: get, watch, happen, let, play · To what, where: kid
This is test 2 of lesson 465 «The new kid and the first day» 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: Kieran: «we've got enough players, new kid can watch».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kieran | Kieran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 got | nsubj |
| 5 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | aux |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 players | amod |
| 8 | players | player | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 watch | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 kid | punct |
| 10 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 kid | amod |
| 11 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 players | conj |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 watch | aux |
| 13 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 got | parataxis |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · perfect | Kieran | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | watch in a quote | can | enough players and new kid | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
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 would most likely happen if he let him play?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 happen | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 happen | advmod |
| 5 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 let | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 let | nsubj |
| 8 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 happen | advcl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 let | obj |
| 10 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 let | xcomp |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | likely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | let a condition, not said to happen | infinitive | Kieran | kid | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | play | infinitive | kid not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Everyone would quit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 quit | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 quit | aux |
| 3 | quit | quit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quit | would | Everyone | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The game would be ruined
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 game | det |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ruined | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 ruined | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 ruined | aux:pass |
| 5 | ruined | ruin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ruin | would · passive | the game | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
The new kid would take over the school
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 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kid | amod |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 take | aux |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 take | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 school | det |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take over | would | the new kid | the school | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He might find a great new teammate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 find | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 find | aux |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 teammate | det |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 teammate | amod |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 teammate | amod |
| 7 | teammate | teammate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | might | He | a great new teammate | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teammate=Topic |
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