Test 16 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly

Jake says the one who hits first wins the fight. true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake, one · What happens: say, hit, win · To what, where: fight · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 54 «Solving disagreements calmly» 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	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 one	det
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wins	nsubj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 hits	nsubj
6	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 one	acl:relcl
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 hits	advmod
8	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fight	det
10	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wins	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 true	punct
12	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Jake			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hit	present	the one		first property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	win	present	the one	the fight		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality

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

Yes, unless they are bigger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 bigger	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	6 bigger	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bigger	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bigger	cop
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	they					big property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, it shows you are the strongest in the year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 shows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shows	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shows	nsubj
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 strongest	advcl
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 strongest	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 strongest	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 strongest	det
8	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 year	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 year	det
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 strongest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	it						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you				year	strong property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, hit first is the rule

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 hit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	hit	hit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rule	nsubj
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 hit	advmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rule	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rule	det
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	hit	the rule					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, fights hurt both people and solve nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 hurt	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	fights	fight	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hurt	nsubj
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 people	det
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hurt	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 solve	cc
8	solve	solve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hurt	conj
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 solve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	past	fights	both people					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Patient
2	solve	present	fights not said here	nothing					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

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