Test 10 · ★ · Rival teams and the older bully
Jake: «that penalty was a joke, I'm gonna lamp the post». What's the wiser move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jake, I, wiser move · What happens: be · To what, where: joke, gonna lamp
This is test 10 · ★ 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: Jake: «that penalty was a joke, I'm gonna lamp the post».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 joke | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 joke | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 joke | punct |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 penalty | det |
| 5 | penalty | penalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 joke | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 joke | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 joke | det |
| 8 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 lamp | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 lamp | nsubj |
| 11 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 lamp | cop |
| 12 | gonna | gonna | X | _ | 13 lamp | compound |
| 13 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 joke | appos |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 post | det |
| 15 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lamp | obj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 lamp | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 joke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | Jake | a joke | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | I | gonna lamp | 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 wiser 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 | wiser | wise | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 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 wiser move | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Walk off the anger without kicking anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 anger | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 anger | det |
| 4 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Walk | obl |
| 5 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 6 kicking | mark |
| 6 | kicking | kick | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Walk | advcl |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 kicking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk off | imperative | you not said here | the anger | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Source | ||||
| 2 | kick | gerund | you not said here | anything | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |
Option 2
Kick the ball at the crowd
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kick | kick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ball | det |
| 3 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kick | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 crowd | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 crowd | det |
| 6 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | imperative | you not said here | the ball | the crowd | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ball=Patient at crowd=Location |
Option 3
Kick the referee instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kick | kick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 referee | det |
| 3 | referee | referee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kick | obj |
| 4 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Kick | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | imperative | you not said here | the referee | instead property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent referee=Patient |
Option 4
Kick the post as hard as he can to get it all out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kick | kick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 post | det |
| 3 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kick | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 hard | advmod |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Kick | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 can | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 can | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hard | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 get | mark |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Kick | advcl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 get | obj |
| 12 | all | all | ADV | _ | 13 out | advmod |
| 13 | out | out | ADV | _ | 10 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | imperative | you not said here | the post | hard property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent post=Patient | |||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | you not said here | post | out property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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