Test 2 · ★ · The copier and the one who competes at everything
«just let him copy, it's only homework, what's the harm». What's the harm?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, him, it, homework, harm · What happens: let, copy, be · To what, where: him, homework, harm
This is test 2 · ★ 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: «just let him copy, it's only homework, what's the harm».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 let | punct |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 let | advmod |
| 3 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 let | obj |
| 5 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 let | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 homework | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 homework | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 homework | cop |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 homework | advmod |
| 10 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 let | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 harm | punct |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 harm | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 harm | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 harm | det |
| 15 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 homework | appos |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 harm | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in a quote | imperative | you not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | copy in a quote | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | it | homework | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | homework | the harm | 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 harm?
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 | 4 harm | det |
| 4 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the harm | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It makes him smarter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | obj |
| 4 | smarter | smart | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | him = he | smart property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product |
Option 2
Teachers like copying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | like | like | ADP | _ | 3 copying | case |
| 3 | copying | copying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Teachers | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
None at all, it's kind to help a mate who's stuck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 7 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 None | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 kind | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 kind | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 kind | cop |
| 7 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 help | mark |
| 9 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 kind | xcomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 mate | det |
| 11 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 help | obj |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 stuck | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 stuck | cop |
| 14 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 mate | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | None | kind property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | help | to-infinitive | None not said here | a mate | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | is | present | a mate | stuck property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He doesn't learn and his struggling stays hidden
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 learn | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 learn | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 learn | advmod |
| 4 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stays | cc |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 struggling | nmod:poss |
| 7 | struggling | struggling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stays | nsubj |
| 8 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 learn | conj |
| 9 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 stays | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not learn | present · do-support | He | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | stay | present | his struggling | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | hide | participle | his struggling not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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