Test 5 · Big brothers
In a film, the little brother has to be a swimming star because his brother is. What does Benji's story say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little brother, brother, story · What happens: have, be, say · To what, where: film, swimming star · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: In a film, the little brother has to be a swimming star because his brother is.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 brother | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 brother | amod |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 star | mark |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 star | cop |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 star | det |
| 12 | swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 star | compound |
| 13 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | advcl |
| 14 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 17 is | mark |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 brother | nmod:poss |
| 16 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 is | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 has | advcl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the little brother | a film | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | the little brother not said here | a swimming star | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | present | brother's brother | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 Benji's story say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | aux |
| 3 | Benji | Benji | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 story | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Benji | case |
| 5 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | nsubj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | Benji's story | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Little brothers must copy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 brothers | amod |
| 2 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 copy | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 copy | aux |
| 4 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | must | Little brothers | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
You can find your own thing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 find | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 find | aux |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 thing | nmod:poss |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 thing | amod |
| 6 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 find | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | can | You | your own thing | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |
Option 3
Swimming is the only sport
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swimming | swimming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sport | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sport | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sport | det |
| 4 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sport | amod |
| 5 | sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Swimming | the only sport | tree rules |
Option 4
Families should pick your hobbies for you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pick | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pick | aux |
| 3 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 hobbies | nmod:poss |
| 5 | hobbies | hobby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pick | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 pick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | should | Families | your hobbies | for you | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent hobby=Theme for you=Beneficiary |
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