Test 6 · ★ · The copier and the one who competes at everything
In a film, the rival gets his revenge by copying the hero's secret move. What happened in real life with the chess trap?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: rival, hero · What happens: get, copy, revenge, move, happen · To what, where: revenge, film, secret move, real life
This is test 6 · ★ 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: In a film, the rival gets his revenge by copying the hero's secret move.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rival | det |
| 6 | rival | rival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 revenge | nmod:poss |
| 9 | revenge | revenge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gets | obj |
| 10 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 11 copying | mark |
| 11 | copying | copy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 gets | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hero | det |
| 13 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 move | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 hero | case |
| 15 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 move | amod |
| 16 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 copying | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the rival | rival's revenge | a film | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer revenge=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | copy | gerund | the rival not said here | the hero's secret move | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent move=Theme | ||||
| 3 | revenge | rival | nom revenge «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 4 | move | the hero | nom move «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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 happened in real life with the chess trap?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 life | case |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 life | amod |
| 5 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 happened | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 trap | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 trap | det |
| 8 | chess | chess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 trap | compound |
| 9 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 happened | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | real life | with the chess trap | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in life=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A laugh was enough and it got a fair name
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 laugh | det |
| 2 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 enough | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 enough | cop |
| 4 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 got | cc |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 got | nsubj |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 enough | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 name | det |
| 9 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 name | amod |
| 10 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | a laugh | enough property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | past | laugh | a fair name | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus |
Option 2
They never spoke again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 spoke | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 spoke | advmod |
| 3 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 spoke | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not speak speech: other | past | They | again | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Kofi invented it really
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kofi | Kofi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 invented | nsubj |
| 2 | invented | invent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 invented | obj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 2 invented | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past | Kofi | it | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result |
Option 4
Sam sued Kofi
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sued | nsubj |
| 2 | sued | sue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Kofi | Kofi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sued | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sue | past | Sam | Kofi | tree rules |
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