Test 5 · ★ · Twins and big families
In a film, twins dress the same until they're 40 and it's played as a happy ending. What does the lesson add?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: twins, lesson · What happens: dress, be, play, add · To what, where: same, film, 40
This is test 5 · ★ 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: In a film, twins dress the same until they're 40 and it's played as a happy ending.
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 | 6 dress | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dress | nsubj |
| 6 | dress | dress | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 same | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dress | obj |
| 9 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 12 40 | mark |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 40 | nsubj |
| 11 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 40 | cop |
| 12 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 dress | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 played | cc |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 played | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 played | aux |
| 16 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 dress | conj |
| 17 | as | as | ADP | _ | 20 ending | case |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 ending | det |
| 19 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 ending | amod |
| 20 | ending | ending | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 played | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 dress | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dress | present | twins | the same | a film | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Patient | |||
| 2 | is a | present | twins = twin | 40 | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | play | present · passive | film | as a happy ending | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 the lesson add?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 add | obl |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 add | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 add | nsubj |
| 5 | add | add | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 add | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | present · do-support | the lesson | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Only one twin is allowed a style
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 one | advmod |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 twin | nummod |
| 3 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 style | det |
| 7 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 allowed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | one twin | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal style=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Dressing differently ends a friendship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dressing | dress | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 ends | csubj |
| 2 | differently | differently | ADV | _ | 1 Dressing | advmod |
| 3 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 friendship | det |
| 5 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ends | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dress | gerund | differently property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | end | present | Dressing | a friendship | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality friendship=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Wanting your own style is healthy too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wanting | want | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 healthy | csubj |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 style | nmod:poss |
| 3 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 style | amod |
| 4 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wanting | obj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 healthy | cop |
| 6 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 healthy | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | gerund | your own style | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot style=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Wanting | healthy property | tree rules |
Option 4
Twins must match their whole lives
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 match | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 match | aux |
| 3 | match | match | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 lives | nmod:poss |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lives | amod |
| 6 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 match | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | match | must | Twins | Twins's whole lives | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient |
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