Test 5 · ★★★ · Thinking cleverly about people
In a class of 30, only 10 children get to choose the games every week. What would most likely happen?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: 10 children · What happens: get, choose, happen · To what, where: class, games
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: In a class of 30, only 10 children get to choose the games every week.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 class | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 class | det |
| 3 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 get | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 30 | case |
| 5 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 class | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 class | punct |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 10 | advmod |
| 8 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 children | nummod |
| 9 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 get | nsubj |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 choose | mark |
| 12 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 get | xcomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 games | det |
| 14 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 choose | obj |
| 15 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 week | det |
| 16 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 choose | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | 10 children | a class of 30 | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | choose | to-infinitive | 10 children not said here | the games | week | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
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 would most likely happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 happen | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 happen | advmod |
| 5 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | likely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The class would play far better together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 class | det |
| 2 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 play | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 play | aux |
| 4 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 better | advmod |
| 6 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 play | xcomp |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 4 play | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | would | the class | good, together property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Everyone would enjoy the games just as much
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 enjoy | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 enjoy | aux |
| 3 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 games | det |
| 5 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 enjoy | obj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 much | advmod |
| 7 | as | as | ADV | _ | 8 much | advmod |
| 8 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 enjoy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | would | Everyone | the games | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer game=Stimulus |
Option 3
The 10 would always choose games that suit everyone in the class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 10 | det |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 choose | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 choose | aux |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 choose | advmod |
| 5 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 choose | obj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 suit | nsubj |
| 8 | suit | suit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 games | acl:relcl |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 suit | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 class | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 class | det |
| 12 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 suit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | would | the 10 | games | always property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme | |||
| 2 | suit | present | games | everyone | the class | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The other 20 would start to feel left out and lose interest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 20 | det |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 20 | amod |
| 3 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 start | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 start | aux |
| 5 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 feel | mark |
| 7 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 start | xcomp |
| 8 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 feel | xcomp |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 left | compound:prt |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 lose | cc |
| 11 | lose | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 start | conj |
| 12 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lose | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | would | the other 20 | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | feel | to-infinitive | the other 20 not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | leave out | participle | the other 20 not said here | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | lose | present | the other 20 not said here | interest | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Eventuality |
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