Test 1 · ★★ · Running, gymnastics and martial arts
Tyler: "My legs have just quit, mate." What would happen if he'd run an even pace?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tyler · What happens: quit, happen, run · To what, where: Tyler, pace
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Running, gymnastics and martial arts» 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: Tyler: "My legs have just quit, mate."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler | Tyler | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 quit | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 quit | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 quit | punct |
| 4 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 legs | nmod:poss |
| 5 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 quit | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 quit | aux |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 quit | advmod |
| 8 | quit | quit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mate | punct |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 quit | vocative |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 quit | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 quit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quit in a quote | present · perfect · passive | Tyler | mate vocative | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
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 would happen if he'd run an even pace?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 run | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 run | nsubj |
| 6 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 run | aux |
| 7 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 happen | advcl |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 pace | det |
| 9 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 pace | advmod |
| 10 | pace | pace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 run | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | run a condition, not said to happen | would | Tyler | a pace | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pace=Trajectory |
The options
Option 1
His legs would quit even sooner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 legs | nmod:poss |
| 2 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 quit | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 quit | aux |
| 4 | quit | quit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 sooner | advmod |
| 6 | sooner | soon | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 quit | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quit | would | His legs | soon property | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He'd likely finish faster and stronger
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 | 4 finish | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 finish | aux |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 finish | nsubj |
| 4 | finish | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 finish | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 stronger | cc |
| 7 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 faster | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | finish | past | He | fast property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing would change at all, pace doesn't matter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 change | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 change | aux |
| 3 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 all | case |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 change | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 matter | punct |
| 7 | pace | pace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 matter | nsubj |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 matter | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 matter | advmod |
| 10 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 change | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | would | Nothing | all | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not matter | present · do-support | pace | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
He'd be even slower and more tired
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 | 5 slower | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 slower | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 slower | cop |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 slower | advmod |
| 5 | slower | slow | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 tired | cc |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 tired | advmod |
| 8 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 slower | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | He | slow property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | He not said here | tree rules |
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