Test 2 · ★★★ · Half- and step-siblings
«Lucas and Jaylon used tape, they'll hate each other forever lol». What's more likely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lucas · What happens: use, hate, be · To what, where: tape, each
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 505 «Half- and step-siblings» 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: «Lucas and Jaylon used tape, they'll hate each other forever lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 used | punct |
| 2 | Lucas | Lucas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 used | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Jaylon | cc |
| 4 | Jaylon | Jaylon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Lucas | conj |
| 5 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | tape | tape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 used | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 hate | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hate | nsubj |
| 9 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 hate | aux |
| 10 | hate | hate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 used | parataxis |
| 11 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 10 hate | obj |
| 12 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 each | fixed |
| 13 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 10 hate | advmod |
| 14 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 10 hate | discourse |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 used | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 used | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use in a quote | past | Lucas and Jaylon | tape | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tape=Patient | ||||
| 2 | hate in a quote | future | Lucas | each | forever property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus |
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 more likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 likely | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It takes time, and they may get on later
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 | 2 takes | nsubj |
| 2 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 takes | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 get | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 get | cc |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 get | nsubj |
| 7 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 get | aux |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 takes | parataxis |
| 9 | on | on | ADV | _ | 8 get | advmod |
| 10 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | It | time | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | get on | may | they | late property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
They'll stay enemies for the rest of their lives
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | aux |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stay | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 rest | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rest | det |
| 7 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stay | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 lives | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 lives | nmod:poss |
| 10 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 rest | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | future | They | enemies | for the rest of enemies's lives | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Tape always fixes everything between brothers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tape | tape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fixes | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 fixes | advmod |
| 3 | fixes | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 fixes | obj |
| 5 | between | between | ADP | _ | 6 brothers | case |
| 6 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 everything | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present | Tape | everything | between brothers; always property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent everything=Patient |
Option 4
One of them will have to move to another house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 have | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 One | nmod |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | aux |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 move | mark |
| 7 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 have | xcomp |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 house | case |
| 9 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 house | det |
| 10 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 move | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | future | One of them | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | move | to-infinitive | One of them not said here | another house | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to house=Trajectory |
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