Test 4 · ★★★ · Thinking cleverly about people

A coach shouts at the team after a hard loss, then says sorry the next day. What is the most sensible view?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: coach, sensible view · What happens: shout, say, be · To what, where: team · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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

Sentence 1: A coach shouts at the team after a hard loss, then says sorry the next day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 coach	det
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shouts	nsubj
3	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 team	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 team	det
6	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shouts	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	10 loss	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 loss	det
9	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 loss	amod
10	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shouts	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 says	advmod
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shouts	parataxis
14	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 says	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 day	det
16	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 day	amod
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	obl:unmarked
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shouts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	a coach			the team	after a hard loss		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: apologize	present					then; day	sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

Sentence 2: What is the most sensible view?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 view	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 sensible	advmod
5	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 view	amod
6	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

His sorry means the team did lose the match on purpose and he has now found out

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sorry	nmod:poss
2	sorry	sorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 team	det
5	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lose	nsubj
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lose	aux
7	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 match	det
9	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lose	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 purpose	case
11	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lose	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 found	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 found	nsubj
14	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 found	aux
15	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 found	advmod
16	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 means	conj
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 found	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	mean	present	His sorry				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose	past · do-support	the team	the match	purpose		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality
3	find out	present · perfect	team			now	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He must hate the team and should be avoided

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hate	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hate	aux
3	hate	hate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 team	det
5	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hate	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 avoided	cc
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 avoided	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 avoided	aux:pass
9	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hate	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	must	He	the team					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer team=Stimulus
2	avoid	should · passive	He not said here						vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was upset by the loss and made a mistake he has owned up to

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 upset	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 upset	cop
3	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 loss	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 loss	det
6	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 upset	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 made	cc
8	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 upset	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mistake	det
10	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 owned	nsubj
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 owned	aux
13	owned	own	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 mistake	acl:relcl
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 owned	compound:prt
15	to	to	ADP	_	13 owned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	He		by the loss; upset property	tree rules
2	make	past	He not said here	a mistake		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product
3	own up	present · perfect	he	a mistake not said here		vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mistake=Theme

Option 4

Shouting is fine as long as you lose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 long	advmod
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 fine	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 lose	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 lose	nsubj
8	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Shouting					fine, long property	tree rules
2	lose	present	you						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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