Test 11 · ★★★ · Thinking cleverly about people

last slice of cake, me n sis fighting. mum says one cuts other picks. why

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: n sis, last slice, one · What happens: fight, say, cut, slice · To what, where: other picks, cake · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about people» 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	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 slice	amod
2	slice	slice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 cake	case
4	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slice	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 me	punct
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 slice	conj
7	n	n	X	_	8 sis	compound
8	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slice	conj
9	fighting	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 sis	acl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 slice	punct
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 cuts	nsubj
14	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 says	ccomp
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 picks	amod
16	picks	pick	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 cuts	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 says	punct
18	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 says	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fight	gerund	n sis not said here		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	last slice of cake and n sis		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	cut	present	one	other picks	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pick=Product
4	slice			cake	nom slice «possession transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1

So mum does not have to help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 have	advmod
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 have	advmod
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 help	mark
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 have	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	present · do-support	mum						tree rules
2	help	to-infinitive	mum not said here						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

So the oldest gets the bigger piece

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	4 gets	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 oldest	det
3	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 piece	det
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 piece	amod
7	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the oldest	the bigger piece					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer piece=Stimulus

Option 3

So the cutter always wins the big piece and gets to choose first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 wins	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cutter	det
3	cutter	cutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wins	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 wins	advmod
5	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 piece	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 piece	amod
8	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wins	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gets	cc
10	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wins	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 choose	mark
12	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 gets	xcomp
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 choose	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	win	present	the cutter	the big piece	always property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Eventuality
2	get	present	the cutter not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	choose	to-infinitive	the cutter not said here		first property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The cutter will cut fairly so they get a fair piece

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cutter	det
2	cutter	cutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cut	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	aux
4	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	4 cut	advmod
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 get	nsubj
8	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cut	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 piece	det
10	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 piece	amod
11	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	future	the cutter					fairly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	get	present	they	a fair piece					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer piece=Stimulus

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