Test 5 · The new kid and the first day
You're the buddy for a new girl but your mates want you at football. What's right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, mates · What happens: be, want · To what, where: buddy, you, football
This is test 5 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: You're the buddy for a new girl but your mates want you at football.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 buddy | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 buddy | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 buddy | det |
| 4 | buddy | buddy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 girl | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 girl | det |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 girl | amod |
| 8 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 buddy | nmod |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 want | cc |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mates | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 want | nsubj |
| 12 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 buddy | conj |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 want | obj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 football | case |
| 15 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 want | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 buddy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | You | the buddy | for a new girl | tree rules | |||
| 2 | want | present | your mates | you | football | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme |
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 right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Do the buddy job properly first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 job | det |
| 3 | buddy | buddy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 job | compound |
| 4 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Do | obj |
| 5 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 1 Do | advmod |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Do | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | the buddy job | first, properly property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
Option 2
Ditch her, because football's more fun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ditch | ditch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ditch | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fun | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 fun | mark |
| 5 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fun | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 football | case |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 fun | amod |
| 8 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ditch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ditch | imperative | you not said here | her = she | football's more fun obl | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Tell her to follow you around silently
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 follow | mark |
| 4 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 follow | obj |
| 6 | around | around | ADV | _ | 4 follow | advmod |
| 7 | silently | silently | ADV | _ | 4 follow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | follow around not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | you | around, silently property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 4
Give her to someone else secretly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 someone | case |
| 4 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Give | obl |
| 5 | else | else | ADV | _ | 4 someone | advmod |
| 6 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 1 Give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | her = she | to someone; secretly property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to someone=Recipient |
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