Test 11 · Big brothers
Rhys's mate says, «You're Gethin's brother so you must be trouble too». What's the fair view?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, You, fair view · What happens: say, be · To what, where: brother, trouble · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 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: Rhys's mate says, «You're Gethin's brother so you must be trouble too».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhys | Rhys | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Rhys | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 brother | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 brother | punct |
| 7 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 brother | nsubj |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 brother | cop |
| 9 | Gethin | Gethin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 brother | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Gethin | case |
| 11 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 trouble | advmod |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 trouble | nsubj |
| 14 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 trouble | aux |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 trouble | cop |
| 16 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 brother | nmod |
| 17 | too | too | ADV | _ | 16 trouble | advmod |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 trouble | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Rhys's mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | You | Gethin's brother | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | must | you | trouble | 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 fair view?
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 view | det |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 view | amod |
| 5 | view | view | 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 fair view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
You are your own person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 person | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 person | nmod:poss |
| 4 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 person | amod |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | You | your own person | tree rules |
Option 2
Teachers are always right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 right | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 right | advmod |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Teachers | always, right property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Brothers are always the same
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 same | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 same | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 same | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 same | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Brothers | always, same property | tree rules |
Option 4
Rhys should prove it by being bad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhys | Rhys | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 prove | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 prove | aux |
| 3 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 prove | obj |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 bad | case |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 bad | cop |
| 7 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 prove | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | should | Rhys | it | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | bad property | tree rules |
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