Test 2 · ★★ · A knock to the head in sport: if in doubt, sit them out
Coach in Kent: «Five minutes on the bench, he looks fine.» A parent says not today. Who's right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Coach, parent · What happens: look, not say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 47 «A knock to the head in sport: if in doubt, sit them out» 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: Coach in Kent: «Five minutes on the bench, he looks fine.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 looks | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Kent | case |
| 3 | Kent | Kent | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Coach | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 minutes | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 minutes | punct |
| 6 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 minutes | nummod |
| 7 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Coach | conj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 bench | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bench | det |
| 10 | bench | bench | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 minutes | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Coach | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 looks | nsubj |
| 13 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 looks | xcomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 looks | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 looks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look in a quote | present | Coach in Kent and Five minutes on the bench | fine property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: A parent says not today.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 parent | det |
| 2 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 says | advmod |
| 5 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not say speech: assert | present | a parent | today | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: Who's right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Both: he can go back on at half-time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 go | nsubj:outer |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Both | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 go | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | aux |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 time | case |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 time | case |
| 9 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 11 time | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 half | punct |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | can | Both | time | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The parent: no return on the same day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 parent | det |
| 2 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 return | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 return | punct |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 return | det |
| 5 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 day | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 day | amod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 return | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The coach, if the player says he feels completely fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 coach | det |
| 2 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 says | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 player | det |
| 6 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 feels | nsubj |
| 9 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 says | ccomp |
| 10 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 11 fine | advmod |
| 11 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 feels | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the coach | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | feel | present | player | fine property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
The coach: five minutes on the bench is the rule
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 coach | det |
| 2 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 rule | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 minutes | punct |
| 4 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 minutes | nummod |
| 5 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 coach | conj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 bench | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bench | det |
| 8 | bench | bench | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 minutes | nmod |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 rule | cop |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 rule | det |
| 11 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the coach and five minutes on the bench | the rule | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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