Test 6 · ★ · Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away
«Your cousins are posh and you're not, so they're better than you». Right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousins, you · What happens: be, not be
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 510 «Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away» 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: «Your cousins are posh and you're not, so they're better than you».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 posh | punct |
| 2 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 cousins | nmod:poss |
| 3 | cousins | cousin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 posh | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 posh | cop |
| 5 | posh | posh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 better | cc |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 better | nsubj |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 better | cop |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 better | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 better | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 better | advmod |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 better | nsubj |
| 13 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 better | cop |
| 14 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 posh | conj |
| 15 | than | than | ADP | _ | 16 you | case |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 better | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 better | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 posh | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Your cousins | posh property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | present | you | than you; good property | 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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
No, poorer people are always better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 poorer | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | poorer | poor | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 better | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 better | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 better | advmod |
| 7 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | poorer people | always, good property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, money doesn't make anyone better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 make | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 make | advmod |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | present · do-support | money | anyone | good property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset anyone=Product |
Option 3
Yes, unless you are a lot cleverer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 cleverer | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 8 cleverer | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 cleverer | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 cleverer | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lot | det |
| 7 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cleverer | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | cleverer | clever | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | you | a lot obl:unmarked; clever property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, posher people are just better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 better | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | posher | posh | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 better | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 better | cop |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 better | advmod |
| 7 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | posher people | good property | tree rules |
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