Test 1 · Big brothers
«my bro says I'm rubbish at FIFA every day but once he said 'not bad', lol». What does the lesson say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, lesson · What happens: say, be · To what, where: rubbish, FIFA, day · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 501 «Big brothers» 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: «my bro says I'm rubbish at FIFA every day but once he said 'not bad', lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 bro | nmod:poss |
| 3 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 rubbish | nsubj |
| 6 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 rubbish | cop |
| 7 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 FIFA | case |
| 9 | FIFA | FIFA | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 rubbish | nmod |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 said | cc |
| 13 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 15 said | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 said | nsubj |
| 15 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 day | acl:relcl |
| 16 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 bad | punct |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 bad | advmod |
| 18 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 said | ccomp |
| 19 | ', | ', | PUNCT | _ | 18 bad | punct |
| 20 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 says | discourse |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 lol | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | my bro | day | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | my bro = bro | rubbish | FIFA | tree rules | |||
| 3 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | bro | every day not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent day=Topic |
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 does the lesson say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | the lesson | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Never play FIFA with him again, he'll only be mean
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 play | advmod |
| 2 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | FIFA | FIFA | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 play | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 play | obl |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 play | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mean | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 mean | nsubj |
| 9 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 mean | aux |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 12 mean | advmod |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 mean | cop |
| 12 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 play | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not play | imperative | you not said here | FIFA | again | with FIFA | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent fifa=Theme with he=Co-Agent | ||
| 2 | is | future | FIFA | mean property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Notice the small kindness under the teasing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 kindness | det |
| 3 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kindness | amod |
| 4 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Notice | obj |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 teasing | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 teasing | det |
| 7 | teasing | teasing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Notice | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | imperative | you not said here | the small kindness | the teasing | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kindness=Stimulus |
Option 3
Praise from a brother is always fake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Praise | praise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fake | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 brother | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 brother | det |
| 4 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Praise | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fake | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 fake | advmod |
| 7 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Praise from a brother | always, fake property | tree rules |
Option 4
Teasing means he totally hates you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teasing | teasing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hates | nsubj |
| 4 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 5 hates | advmod |
| 5 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 hates | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Teasing | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | hate | present | Teasing | you | totally property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
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