Test 9 · Fighting, ignoring each other and sharing a room
In a sitcom, two sisters share a room and fight in every scene, nothing else. What's real life like?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two sisters, real life · What happens: share, be · To what, where: room, sitcom
This is test 9 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: In a sitcom, two sisters share a room and fight in every scene, nothing else.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 sitcom | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sitcom | det |
| 3 | sitcom | sitcom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 share | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sitcom | punct |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 sisters | nummod |
| 6 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 share | nsubj |
| 7 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 room | det |
| 9 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 share | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 fight | cc |
| 11 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 room | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 scene | case |
| 13 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 scene | det |
| 14 | scene | scene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fight | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 nothing | punct |
| 16 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 room | appos |
| 17 | else | else | ADV | _ | 16 nothing | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 share | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present | two sisters | a room and fight in every scene | a sitcom | 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 real life like?
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 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 life | amod |
| 4 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 life | nmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | real life | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Rows and also midnight laughs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rows | row | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 laughs | cc |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 5 laughs | advmod |
| 4 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 laughs | compound |
| 5 | laughs | laugh | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Rows | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Never any fights, just fun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 fights | advmod |
| 2 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 fights | det |
| 3 | fights | fight | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 fun | punct |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 fun | advmod |
| 6 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fights | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Only boys fight over rooms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 boys | advmod |
| 2 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fight | nsubj |
| 3 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 rooms | case |
| 5 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fight | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | present | boys | over rooms | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over room=Theme |
Option 4
Fighting all day with no laughs at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fighting | fight | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 day | det |
| 3 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fighting | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 laughs | case |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 laughs | det |
| 6 | laughs | laugh | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Fighting | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Fighting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | gerund | all | day | with no laughs | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with laugh=Co-Agent |
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