Test 4 · ★ · Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper
«NOT YOUR BIN. THIEF.» Is this grown-up feud more serious than a playground one?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: grown feud · What happens: grow up, be
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 483 «Neighbours who don't speak and the friendly shopkeeper» 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: «NOT YOUR BIN.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 BIN | punct |
| 2 | NOT | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 BIN | advmod |
| 3 | YOUR | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 BIN | nmod:poss |
| 4 | BIN | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 BIN | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: THIEF.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THIEF | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 THIEF | punct |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 THIEF | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Is this grown-up feud more serious than a playground one?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 serious | cop |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 feud | det |
| 3 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 feud | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 grown | compound:prt |
| 6 | feud | feud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 serious | nsubj |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 serious | advmod |
| 8 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | than | than | ADP | _ | 12 one | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 one | det |
| 11 | playground | playground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 one | compound |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 serious | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 serious | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow up | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | this grown feud | than a playground one; serious property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, it should go to court
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 go | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 go | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | aux |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 court | case |
| 7 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | should | it | court | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to court=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Yes, bins are very important
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 important | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | bins | bin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 important | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 important | cop |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 important | advmod |
| 6 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | bins | important property | tree rules |
Option 3
No, so they should keep fighting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 keep | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 keep | advmod |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 keep | nsubj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 keep | aux |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | fighting | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | should | they | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fight | gerund | they not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it's just as silly, and a simple fix ended it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 silly | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 silly | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 silly | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 silly | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 silly | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | ADV | _ | 7 silly | advmod |
| 7 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 ended | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 ended | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 fix | det |
| 11 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 fix | amod |
| 12 | fix | fix | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ended | nsubj |
| 13 | ended | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 silly | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 ended | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | past | a simple fix | it | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |
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