Test 1 · ★★ · Siblings as best mates and as rivals
Gwil, wanting to be nice: «I'll just miss a few on purpose, he won't notice». What's likely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gwil, I · What happens: want, be, miss, not notice · To what, where: few, purpose · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 507 «Siblings as best mates and as rivals» 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: Gwil, wanting to be nice: «I'll just miss a few on purpose, he won't notice».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gwil | Gwil | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wanting | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gwil | punct |
| 3 | wanting | want | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 nice | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 nice | cop |
| 6 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wanting | xcomp |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 miss | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 miss | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 miss | nsubj |
| 10 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 miss | aux |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 miss | advmod |
| 12 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 nice | parataxis |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 few | det |
| 14 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 miss | obj |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 purpose | case |
| 16 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 miss | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 notice | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 notice | nsubj |
| 19 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 notice | aux |
| 20 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 notice | advmod |
| 21 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 miss | conj |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 miss | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wanting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | gerund | Gwil | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | is not said to happen | to-infinitive | Gwil not said here | nice property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | miss in a quote | future | I | a few | purpose | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer few=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | not notice in a quote | future | Gwil | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 likely | cop |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 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
Wynne will want to play every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wynne | Wynne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 want | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 want | aux |
| 3 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 play | mark |
| 5 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 want | xcomp |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 play | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | future | Wynne | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | play not said to happen | to-infinitive | Wynne not said here | day | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Wynne will feel like a champion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wynne | Wynne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 feel | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 feel | aux |
| 3 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 champion | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 champion | det |
| 6 | champion | champion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 feel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | future | Wynne | like a champion | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like champion=Theme |
Option 3
Wynne will never find out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wynne | Wynne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 find | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 find | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 find | advmod |
| 4 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 find | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not find out | future | Wynne | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Wynne will notice and feel pitied
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wynne | Wynne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 notice | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 notice | aux |
| 3 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 feel | cc |
| 5 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 notice | conj |
| 6 | pitied | pity | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 notice | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | future | Wynne | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | feel | infinitive | Wynne not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | pity | participle | Wynne not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
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