Test 1 · ★ · The copier and the one who competes at everything
«grace copied my trainers, she's literally stealing my whole life». What's the fairer view?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: grace, fairer view · What happens: copy, steal, be · To what, where: trainers, whole life
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 469 «The copier and the one who competes at everything» 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: «grace copied my trainers, she's literally stealing my whole life».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 copied | punct |
| 2 | grace | grace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 copied | nsubj |
| 3 | copied | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 trainers | nmod:poss |
| 5 | trainers | trainer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 copied | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 stealing | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 stealing | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 stealing | aux |
| 9 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 10 stealing | advmod |
| 10 | stealing | steal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 copied | advcl |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 life | nmod:poss |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 life | amod |
| 13 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stealing | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 copied | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 copied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy in a quote | past | grace | my trainers | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trainer=Theme | ||||
| 2 | steal in a quote | present · progressive | grace | my whole life | literally property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location life=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 the fairer view?
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 | 5 view | det |
| 4 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 view | amod |
| 5 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fairer view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Grace is a criminal and should be told off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 criminal | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 criminal | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 criminal | det |
| 4 | criminal | criminal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 told | cc |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 told | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 told | aux:pass |
| 8 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 criminal | conj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 told | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Grace | a criminal | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tell off speech: assert | should · passive | Grace not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Copying clothes is often admiration
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copying | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 admiration | csubj |
| 2 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 1 Copying | obj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 admiration | cop |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 admiration | advmod |
| 5 | admiration | admiration | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | gerund | clothes | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | Copying | admiration | often property | tree rules |
Option 3
Lily should change school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 change | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 change | aux |
| 3 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 change | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | should | Lily | school | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Patient |
Option 4
Trainers can't be copied
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trainers | trainer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 copied | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 copied | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 copied | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 copied | aux:pass |
| 5 | copied | copy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not copy | can · passive | Trainers | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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