Test 2 · ★ · Twins and big families
«Ruaridh should feel bad, he got in and his twin didn't». What does the lesson say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruaridh, twin, lesson · What happens: feel, get in, not do, say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 503 «Twins and big families» 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: «Ruaridh should feel bad, he got in and his twin didn't».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 feel | punct |
| 2 | Ruaridh | Ruaridh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 feel | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 feel | aux |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 feel | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 got | nsubj |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 feel | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADV | _ | 8 got | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 did | cc |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 twin | nmod:poss |
| 12 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 did | nsubj |
| 13 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 got | conj |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 did | advmod |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 feel | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 feel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel in a quote | should | Ruaridh | bad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | get in in a quote | past | Ruaridh | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | not do in a quote | past | Ruaridh's twin | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
He should quit the team so his twin feels better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 quit | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 quit | aux |
| 3 | quit | quit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 team | det |
| 5 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 quit | obj |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 9 feels | mark |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 twin | nmod:poss |
| 8 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 feels | nsubj |
| 9 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 quit | advcl |
| 10 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 feels | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quit | should | He | the team | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Source | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | his twin | good property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
He should never play football at home again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 play | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 play | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 play | advmod |
| 4 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 play | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 home | case |
| 7 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 play | obl |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 play | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not play | should | He | football | home | again | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |
Option 3
He should pretend he didn't get in at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pretend | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pretend | aux |
| 3 | pretend | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 get | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 get | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 get | advmod |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 pretend | ccomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADV | _ | 7 get | advmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | should | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not get in | past · do-support | he | all | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He can be happy but kind, without rubbing it in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 happy | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happy | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 happy | cop |
| 4 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 kind | cc |
| 6 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 happy | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rubbing | punct |
| 8 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 9 rubbing | mark |
| 9 | rubbing | rub | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 happy | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 rubbing | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 rubbing | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | He | happy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | He not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | rub in | gerund | He not said here | it | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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