Test 7 · Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room
Kaden kicks Kieron's bunk; Kieron is crying because it really hurts his back. Is it still a fine prank?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kaden, Kieron, bunk · What happens: kick, cry, hurt, be · To what, where: bunk, back, fine prank
This is test 7 of lesson 508 «Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room» 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: Kaden kicks Kieron's bunk; Kieron is crying because it really hurts his back.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaden | Kaden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 kicks | nsubj |
| 2 | kicks | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Kieron | Kieron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 bunk | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Kieron | case |
| 5 | bunk | bunk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kicks | obj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 crying | punct |
| 7 | Kieron | Kieron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 crying | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 crying | aux |
| 9 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 kicks | advcl |
| 10 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 hurts | mark |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 hurts | nsubj |
| 12 | really | really | ADV | _ | 13 hurts | advmod |
| 13 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 crying | ccomp |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 back | nmod:poss |
| 15 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hurts | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 kicks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | present | Kaden | Kieron's bunk | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bunk=Patient | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | present · progressive | Kieron | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | hurt | present | bunk | Kieron's back | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer back=Patient |
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: Is it still a fine prank?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 prank | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 prank | nsubj |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 prank | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 prank | det |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 prank | amod |
| 6 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 prank | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | bunk | a fine prank | still | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, pranks are always just a laugh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 laugh | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | pranks | prank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 laugh | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 laugh | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 laugh | advmod |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 laugh | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 laugh | det |
| 8 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | pranks | a laugh | always property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, a prank stops being fine when one isn't laughing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 stops | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stops | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 prank | det |
| 4 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stops | nsubj |
| 5 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fine | advcl |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 fine | cop |
| 7 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 laughing | advmod |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 laughing | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 laughing | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 laughing | advmod |
| 12 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | a prank | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | is | gerund | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | not laugh | present · progressive | one | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, because pranks are always banned
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 banned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 banned | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 banned | mark |
| 4 | pranks | prank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 banned | aux:pass |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 banned | advmod |
| 7 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | present · passive | pranks | always property | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, twins can do anything to each other
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 do | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 do | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 each | case |
| 8 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 5 do | obl |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 each | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | can | twins | anything | to each | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
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