Test 21 · Friends, teams and fair play

footie team saying our coach "has a new lady friend" n laughing

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: footie team, new lady friend · What happens: say, have, laugh · To what, where: coach, new lady friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 of lesson 52 «Friends, teams and fair play» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	footie	footie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 team	compound
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	nsubj
3	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 team	acl
4	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 coach	nmod:poss
5	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	obj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 coach	punct
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 friend	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 friend	amod
10	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 friend	compound
11	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 n	punct
13	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 friend	conj
14	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 friend	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund	footie team not said here	our coach	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent coach=Topic
2	have in a quote	present	footie team	a new lady friend and n	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient
3	laugh	gerund	a new lady friend and n not said here		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The coach has a girlfriend; that is his private business, so do not laugh or spread it

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coach	det
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girlfriend	det
5	girlfriend	girlfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 business	punct
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 business	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 business	cop
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 business	nmod:poss
10	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 business	amod
11	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 laugh	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 laugh	advmod
14	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 laugh	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 laugh	advmod
16	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 has	parataxis
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 spread	cc
18	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 laugh	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	present	the coach	a girlfriend	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girlfriend=Patient
2	is a	present	that	coach's private business	tree rules
3	not laugh	infinitive · do-support			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	spread	infinitive		girlfriend	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 2

It means a new player is joining the team

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 player	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 player	amod
5	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 joining	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 joining	aux
7	joining	join	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 team	det
9	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 joining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	join	present · progressive	a new player	the team					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Patient

Option 3

It means he is leaving the club and the team, so stop training and look for a new one

The tree, 19 words

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leaving	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 leaving	aux
5	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 club	det
7	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaving	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 team	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 team	det
10	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 club	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stop	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 stop	advmod
13	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	parataxis
14	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stop	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 look	cc
16	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 stop	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	20 one	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 one	det
19	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 one	amod
20	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	leave	present · progressive	he	the club and the team		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Theme
3	stop	infinitive		training		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality training=Eventuality
4	look	infinitive			for a new one	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for one=Theme

Option 4

It means he is in trouble, so tell the club

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 trouble	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 trouble	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 trouble	case
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tell	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 tell	advmod
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 club	det
11	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he		trouble	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive		the club		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent club=Recipient

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