Test 6 · My dad could lift a car: playground boasting

«Leah said she'd beat me with her eyes shut, so I'm not even gonna play» What is the best advice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leah, best advice · What happens: say, beat, not play, be · To what, where: Leah · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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	_	3 said	punct
2	Leah	Leah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 beat	nsubj
5	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 beat	aux
6	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 beat	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 eyes	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 eyes	nmod:poss
10	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 beat	obl
11	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 beat	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 play	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	19 play	advmod
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 play	nsubj
15	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 play	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 play	advmod
17	even	even	ADV	_	18 gonna	advmod
18	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	19 play	dep
19	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 play	punct
21	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 said	ccomp
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 What	cop
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 advice	det
24	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	25 advice	amod
25	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 What	nsubj
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Leah			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	beat in a quote	would	Leah	Leah	with Leah's eyes; shut property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent i=Patient with eye=Instrument
3	not play in a quote	present	Leah			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present	the best advice			tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

Report her to the head teacher for cheating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Report	report	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Report	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 teacher	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 teacher	compound
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Report	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 cheating	case
8	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Report	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	imperative	you not said here	her = she				to the head teacher; for cheating	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Patient for cheating=Theme

Option 2

Make her shut her eyes before you start

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Make	obj
3	shut	shut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Make	xcomp
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 eyes	nmod:poss
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shut	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 start	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 start	nsubj
8	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shut	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	her = she	tree rules
2	shut	infinitive	her = she not said here	her eyes	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
3	start	present	you		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Don't play, she has already won the game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 play	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 play	advmod
3	play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 won	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 won	nsubj
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 won	aux
7	already	already	ADV	_	8 won	advmod
8	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 play	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 game	det
10	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 won	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not play	imperative · do-support	you not said here						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	win	present · perfect	she	the game					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Play anyway; boasts don't move chess pieces

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	1 Play	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 move	punct
4	boasts	boast	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 move	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 move	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 move	advmod
7	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Play	conj
8	chess	chess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pieces	compound
9	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 move	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	imperative	you not said here					anyway property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not move	present · do-support	boasts	chess pieces					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent piece=Theme

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