Test 7 · ★ · Joining a game, and the shy kid
Jake: «conkers is for babies». He's been watching for 20 mins. What's he really saying?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake, He · What happens: be, watch, say · To what, where: 20 mins. · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Jake: «conkers is for babies».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 babies | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jake | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 conkers | punct |
| 4 | conkers | conker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Jake | conj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 babies | cop |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 babies | case |
| 7 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 babies | punct |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 babies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Jake and conkers | for babies | 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: He's been watching for 20 mins. What's he really saying?
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 | 4 watching | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 watching | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 watching | aux |
| 4 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 mins. | case |
| 6 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 mins. | nummod |
| 7 | mins. | min. | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 watching | obl |
| 8 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 saying | obj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 saying | aux |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 saying | nsubj |
| 11 | really | really | ADV | _ | 12 saying | advmod |
| 12 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 mins. | appos |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 watching | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | present · progressive | He | for 20 mins. | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for min.=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | he | 20 mins. | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He's guarding the conkers for his mates
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 guarding | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 guarding | aux |
| 3 | guarding | guard | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 conkers | det |
| 5 | conkers | conker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 guarding | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 mates | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mates | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 guarding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guard | present · progressive | He | the conkers | for his mates | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conker=Beneficiary |
Option 2
He's waiting for his mum to come
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 waiting | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 waiting | aux |
| 3 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 mum | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mum | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 waiting | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 come | mark |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 waiting | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | present · progressive | He | for his mum | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
He hates conkers
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 | 2 hates | nsubj |
| 2 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | conkers | conker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hates | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | He | conkers | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer conker=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He wants to play but won't admit it
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 | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 play | mark |
| 4 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 admit | cc |
| 6 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 admit | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 admit | advmod |
| 8 | admit | admit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 play | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 admit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | play not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not admit speech: other | future | He not said here | it | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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