Test 4 · ★ · The copier and the one who competes at everything
Jake goes in late on your ankles «by accident» for the third time. What's the best move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake, best move · What happens: go in, be
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Jake goes in late on your ankles «by accident» for the third time.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADV | _ | 4 late | advmod |
| 4 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 goes | xcomp |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 ankles | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 ankles | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ankles | ankle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 late | obl |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 accident | punct |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 accident | case |
| 10 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | obl |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 accident | punct |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 time | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 time | det |
| 14 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 15 time | amod |
| 15 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in | present | Jake | time | by accident; late property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by accident=Location |
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 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 | 5 move | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 move | amod |
| 5 | move | move | 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 best move | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Go in harder on his ankles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADV | _ | 3 harder | advmod |
| 3 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Go | xcomp |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 ankles | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 ankles | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ankles | ankle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 harder | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in | imperative | you not said here | hard property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Quit football altogether
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quit | quit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Quit | obj |
| 3 | altogether | altogether | ADV | _ | 1 Quit | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quit | imperative | you not said here | football | altogether property | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Source |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Tell the coach
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 coach | det |
| 3 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the coach | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent coach=Recipient |
Option 4
Pretend you didn't notice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretend | pretend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 notice | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 notice | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 notice | advmod |
| 5 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pretend | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not notice | past · do-support | you | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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