Test 5 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings
Two cousins fight over the swing every visit. Which idea will most likely stop it for good?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Two cousins, idea · What happens: fight, stop · To what, where: visit
This is test 5 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» 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: Two cousins fight over the swing every visit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 cousins | nummod |
| 2 | cousins | cousin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fight | nsubj |
| 3 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 swing | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 swing | det |
| 6 | swing | swing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fight | obl |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 visit | det |
| 8 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fight | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fight | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | present | Two cousins | every visit | over the swing | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent over swing=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: Which idea will most likely stop it for good?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 idea | det |
| 2 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stop | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 stop | aux |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 6 stop | advmod |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stop | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 good | case |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 stop | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 stop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | future | which idea | visit | for good; likely property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
The one who gets there first keeps the swing for the whole day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keeps | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 one | acl:relcl |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 gets | advmod |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 gets | advmod |
| 7 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 swing | det |
| 9 | swing | swing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keeps | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 day | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 day | det |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 day | amod |
| 13 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the one | there | first property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | keep | present | the one | the swing | day | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swing=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Agree a fair rule, such as five minutes each with a timer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rule | det |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rule | amod |
| 4 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Agree | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 minutes | punct |
| 6 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 9 minutes | case |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 such | fixed |
| 8 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 minutes | nummod |
| 9 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 each | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 rule | nmod |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 timer | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 timer | det |
| 13 | timer | timer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Agree | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | imperative | you not said here | a fair rule each | with a timer | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent rule=Topic |
Option 3
Let them fight until one gives up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 6 gives | mark |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 gives | nsubj |
| 6 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fight | advcl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 gives | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fight | infinitive | them = they not said here | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | give up | present | one | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Take the swing down so nobody uses it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 swing | det |
| 3 | swing | swing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 1 Take | compound:prt |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 uses | advmod |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 uses | nsubj |
| 7 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 uses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take down | imperative | you not said here | the swing | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swing=Theme | ||||
| 2 | use | present | nobody | swing | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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