Test 3 · My dad could lift a car: playground boasting

«Malik's the fastest kid in the world now lol, I'm so slow» What is a better way to see it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Malik, I · What happens: be, see · To what, where: fastest kid, world, better way, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 48 «My dad could lift a car: playground boasting» of the language 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 kid	punct
2	Malik	Malik	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 kid	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 kid	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kid	det
5	fastest	fast	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 kid	amod
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 world	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kid	nmod
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 slow	advmod
11	lol	lol	INTJ	_	16 slow	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lol	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 slow	nsubj
14	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 slow	cop
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 slow	advmod
16	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kid	conj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 slow	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 way	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 way	cop
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 way	det
21	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	22 way	amod
22	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 slow	parataxis
23	to	to	PART	_	24 see	mark
24	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 way	acl
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 see	obj
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 kid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Malik	the fastest kid	the world			tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	I			now	slow property	tree rules
3	is a	present		a better way				tree rules
4	see	to-infinitive	I not said here	way				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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

You should never race against Malik again because you will always lose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 race	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 race	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 race	advmod
4	race	race	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	against	against	ADP	_	6 Malik	case
6	Malik	Malik	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 race	obl
7	again	again	ADV	_	4 race	advmod
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 lose	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 lose	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 lose	aux
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	12 lose	advmod
12	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 race	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not race	should	You			Malik	again		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against malik=Trajectory
2	lose	future	you					always property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He is lying and the race does not count at all

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 lying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lying	aux
3	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 count	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 race	det
6	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 count	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 count	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 count	advmod
9	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lying	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 count	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present · progressive	He						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not count	present · do-support	the race			all			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

He really is the fastest child in the world and you are the slowest in your class

The tree, 17 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	14 slowest	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	6 child	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 child	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
5	fastest	fast	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 child	amod
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 He	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 world	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 child	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 slowest	cc
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 slowest	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 slowest	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 slowest	det
14	slowest	slow	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 class	case
16	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 class	nmod:poss
17	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 slowest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He not said here	the fastest child		the world			tree rules
2	is	present	He			your class		slow property	tree rules

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

He won one race today and is happy; it says nothing about the world, or about you

The tree, 17 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	2 won	nsubj
2	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 race	nummod
4	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obj
5	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 won	obl:unmarked
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 happy	cc
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 happy	cop
8	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 won	conj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 won	conj
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 says	obj
13	about	about	ADP	_	15 world	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 world	det
15	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 nothing	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 about	punct
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 about	cc
18	about	about	ADP	_	19 you	case
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 won	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	win	past	He	one race	today	about you	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality
2	is	present	He not said here			happy property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	race	nothing		about the world	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

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