Test 1 · ★ · Rival teams and the older bully
«Gaz chucked me ball in the river, it's by the weir, I'm wadin in for it». What's the right answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gaz, ball, I, right answer · What happens: chuck, be · To what, where: ball, me, wadin
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 472 «Rival teams and the older bully» 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: «Gaz chucked me ball in the river, it's by the weir, I'm wadin in for it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 chucked | punct |
| 2 | Gaz | Gaz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 chucked | nsubj |
| 3 | chucked | chuck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 chucked | obj |
| 5 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chucked | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 river | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 river | det |
| 8 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ball | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 weir | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 weir | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 weir | cop |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 weir | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 weir | det |
| 14 | weir | weir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chucked | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 wadin | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 wadin | nsubj |
| 17 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 wadin | cop |
| 18 | wadin | wadin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 weir | appos |
| 19 | in | in | ADV | _ | 18 wadin | advmod |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 it | case |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 wadin | nmod |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 wadin | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 chucked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck in a quote | past | Gaz | ball | me | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination ball=Theme | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | ball | by the weir | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | I | wadin | for ball | 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 right answer?
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 answer | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | 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 right answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, quickly before it goes over the weir
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 goes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 6 goes | advmod |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 goes | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 goes | nsubj |
| 6 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 9 weir | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 weir | det |
| 9 | weir | weir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 goes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | it | the weir | quickly property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme over weir=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Yes, if you're a good swimmer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 swimmer | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 swimmer | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 swimmer | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 swimmer | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 swimmer | det |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 swimmer | amod |
| 8 | swimmer | swimmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | you | a good swimmer | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, stay out and tell a grown-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 stay | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 stay | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 tell | cc |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 up | det |
| 8 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 up | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 up | punct |
| 10 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay out | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a grown up | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |
Option 4
Yes, but take your shoes off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 take | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 take | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 take | cc |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 shoes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 take | obj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 take | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take off | imperative | you not said here | your shoes | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |
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