Test 9 · ★★ · Growing and sport
A lad says "Basketball's not for short-arses, mate." What's a true counterexample?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lad, Basketball · What happens: say, not be, be · To what, where: true counterexample · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Growing and sport» 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: A lad says "Basketball's not for short-arses, mate."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lad | det |
| 2 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 arses | punct |
| 5 | Basketball | Basketball | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 arses | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 arses | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 arses | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 arses | case |
| 9 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 arses | amod |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 short | punct |
| 11 | arses | arse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 says | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 mate | punct |
| 13 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 arses | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 arses | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 arses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a lad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | present | Basketball | for short arses and mate | 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.
Sentence 2: What's a true counterexample?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 counterexample | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 counterexample | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 counterexample | det |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 counterexample | amod |
| 5 | counterexample | counterexample | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 counterexample | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a true counterexample | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Muggsy Bogues played in the NBA at about 1.60 m
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muggsy | Muggsy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 played | nsubj |
| 2 | Bogues | Bogues | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Muggsy | flat |
| 3 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 NBA | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 NBA | det |
| 6 | NBA | NBA | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 played | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 m | case |
| 8 | about | about | ADV | _ | 9 1.60 | advmod |
| 9 | 1.60 | 1.60 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 m | nummod |
| 10 | m | m | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 played | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past | Muggsy | the NBA | at 1.60 m | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Short people can't jump high enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 jump | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 jump | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 jump | advmod |
| 5 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | high | high | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 jump | advmod |
| 7 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 5 jump | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not jump | can | Short people | enough, high property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
No NBA player was ever under 2 m
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 player | det |
| 2 | NBA | NBA | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 player | compound |
| 3 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ever | cop |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 player | acl |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 m | case |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 m | nummod |
| 8 | m | m | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 player | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | no NBA player under 2 m not said here | ever property | tree rules |
Option 4
Basketball has a height rule for pros
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basketball | basketball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rule | det |
| 4 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rule | compound |
| 5 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 pros | case |
| 7 | pros | pro | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rule | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Basketball | a height rule | for pros | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |
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