Test 10 · Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter
Marcus: "Pros are just born talented, they don't even train, no cap." What's true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Marcus, Pros · What happens: bear, not train, be · To what, where: Pros, cap
This is test 10 of lesson 38 «Muscles: getting stronger and getting fitter» of the medicine 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: Marcus: "Pros are just born talented, they don't even train, no cap."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcus | Marcus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 train | vocative |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 born | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 born | punct |
| 4 | Pros | Pro | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 born | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 born | aux:pass |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 born | advmod |
| 7 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Marcus | acl:relcl |
| 8 | talented | talented | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 born | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Marcus | punct |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 train | nsubj |
| 11 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 train | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 train | advmod |
| 13 | even | even | ADV | _ | 14 train | advmod |
| 14 | train | train | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 cap | punct |
| 16 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 17 cap | det |
| 17 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 train | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 train | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 train | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear in a quote | present · passive | Marcus not said here | Pros | talented property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 2 | not train in a quote | present · do-support | Pros = pro | no cap | Marcus vocative | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: 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's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Pros never train after the age of ten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pros | pro | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 train | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 train | advmod |
| 3 | train | train | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 age | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 age | det |
| 6 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 train | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 ten | case |
| 8 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 age | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not train | present | Pros | after the age of ten | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Pros train most days for years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pros | pro | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 train | nsubj |
| 2 | train | train | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 days | amod |
| 4 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 train | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 years | case |
| 6 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 train | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | present | Pros | day; year | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Pros only play video games to keep sharp
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pros | pro | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 play | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 play | advmod |
| 3 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 games | compound |
| 5 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 play | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 keep | mark |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 play | advcl |
| 8 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present | Pros | video games | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme | ||||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | Pros not said here | sharp property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Talent means you never need to practise at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talent | talent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 need | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 need | advmod |
| 5 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 practise | mark |
| 7 | practise | practise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 need | xcomp |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 practise | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Talent | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not need | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | practise not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | all | tree rules |
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