Test 8 · ★ · Every family is different
«rich kids got it easy, they deserve a bit of stick». True?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rich kids, kids · What happens: get, deserve · To what, where: it, bit
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 486 «Every family is different» 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: «rich kids got it easy, they deserve a bit of stick».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 2 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kids | amod |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 deserve | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 deserve | nsubj |
| 9 | deserve | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | parataxis |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 bit | det |
| 11 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 deserve | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 stick | case |
| 13 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bit | nmod |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 deserve | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | rich kids | it | easy property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | deserve in a quote | present | kids = kid | a bit of stick | 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: True?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
No, only teachers are allowed to tease them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 allowed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 teachers | advmod |
| 4 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 allowed | aux:pass |
| 6 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 tease | mark |
| 8 | tease | tease | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 allowed | xcomp |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 tease | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | teachers | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | tease not said to happen | to-infinitive | teachers not said here | teachers = teacher | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 2
Yes, they've got too much stuff anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | aux |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 much | advmod |
| 7 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stuff | amod |
| 8 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 9 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · perfect | they | much stuff | anyway property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stuff=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, but only on the days they show off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 show | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 show | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 show | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 days | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 days | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 days | det |
| 7 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 show | nsubj |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 show | nsubj |
| 9 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 show | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show off | present | the days | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, teasing anyone over money is unkind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 teasing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 teasing | punct |
| 3 | teasing | tease | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 unkind | csubj |
| 4 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 teasing | obj |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 money | case |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teasing | obl |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 unkind | cop |
| 8 | unkind | unkind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tease | gerund | anyone | money | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | teasing | unkind property | tree rules |
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