Test 4 · ★ · Twins and big families
«swap with ur twin for the spelling test, no one will know, it's bussin'». What's the problem?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one, swap, problem · What happens: know, be
This is test 4 · ★ 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: «swap with ur twin for the spelling test, no one will know, it's bussin'».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 swap | punct |
| 2 | swap | swap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 bussin | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 twin | case |
| 4 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 twin | nmod:poss |
| 5 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 swap | nmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 test | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 test | det |
| 8 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 test | compound |
| 9 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 twin | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 know | punct |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 one | det |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 know | nsubj |
| 13 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 know | aux |
| 14 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 swap | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 swap | punct |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 bussin | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 bussin | cop |
| 18 | bussin | bussin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 19 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 bussin | punct |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 bussin | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 bussin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know in a quote | future | no one | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | swap with ur's twin for the spelling test | bussin property | 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 problem?
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 | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Teachers can never tell twins apart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 tell | advmod |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tell | obj |
| 6 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 4 tell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert | can | Teachers | twins | apart property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent twin=Recipient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It's cheating, and it's serious
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cheating | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cheating | cop |
| 3 | cheating | cheating | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 serious | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 serious | cc |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 serious | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 serious | cop |
| 8 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cheating | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | cheating | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | cheating | serious property | tree rules |
Option 3
Spelling tests are too easy to swap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tests | compound |
| 2 | tests | test | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 easy | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 easy | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 easy | advmod |
| 5 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 swap | mark |
| 7 | swap | swap | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 easy | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Spelling tests | easy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | swap | to-infinitive | Spelling tests not said here | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It only counts as cheating in maths
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 counts | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 counts | advmod |
| 3 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 cheating | case |
| 5 | cheating | cheating | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counts | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 maths | case |
| 7 | maths | math | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 counts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | It | maths | as cheating | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as cheating=Attribute |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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