Test 11 · ★ · The kid who has it in for you

Which of these is true about old grudges?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 471 «The kid who has it in for you» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 true	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 true	mark
3	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 true	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 true	cop
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 grudges	case
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 grudges	amod
8	grudges	grudge	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 true	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about old grudges; true property	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.

The options

Option 1

Only grown-ups have them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 ups	advmod
2	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ups	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 grown	punct
4	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	present	grown ups	them = they					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They can last years, even from a tiny accident

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 last	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 last	aux
3	last	last	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 last	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 accident	punct
6	even	even	ADV	_	10 accident	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 accident	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 accident	det
9	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 accident	amod
10	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 last	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	can	They			a tiny accident	year		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They only ever start from big, nasty fights with punches

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	4 start	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 start	advmod
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 start	advmod
4	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 fights	case
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fights	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 big	punct
8	nasty	nasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fights	amod
9	fights	fight	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 start	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 punches	case
11	punches	punch	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 start	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	infinitive	They			big nasty fights	ever	with punches	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with punch=Subeventuality

Option 4

They always end after a week

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 end	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 end	advmod
3	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 week	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 week	det
6	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 end	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	They				week	always property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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