Test 1 · ★ · Joining a game, and the shy kid
«nah teams are even, jog on». What's the best next move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teams, best next move · What happens: be · To what, where: jog
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 466 «Joining a game, and the shy kid» 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: «nah teams are even, jog on».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 jog | punct |
| 2 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 teams | discourse |
| 3 | teams | team | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 jog | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 jog | cop |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 jog | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 jog | punct |
| 7 | jog | jog | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 » | compound:prt |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 jog | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 jog | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | teams | jog | tree rules |
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 the best next move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 move | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 move | amod |
| 5 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 move | amod |
| 6 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best next move | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Call them names from far away, then run off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Call | obj |
| 3 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Call | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 far | case |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Call | advmod |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 far | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 run | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 run | advmod |
| 9 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Call | parataxis |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 run | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | them = they | far property | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme name=Result | |||
| 2 | run off | infinitive | then | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Never ask anyone ever again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 ask | advmod |
| 2 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 ask | obj |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 2 ask | advmod |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | anyone | ever; again | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |
Option 3
Take the ball off them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ball | det |
| 3 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 them | case |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | the ball | off them = they | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent ball=Theme off they=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Watch, then ask again when the game changes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ask | punct |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 ask | advmod |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Watch | conj |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 ask | advmod |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 changes | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 game | det |
| 8 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 changes | nsubj |
| 9 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ask | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | imperative | you not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | then; again | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | change | present | the game | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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