Test 6 · ★ · Heat, sun and cold on sports day
Mr Okafor stops the races for ten minutes in the shade. A kid moans «that's well tight». Was he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mr, kid, that · What happens: stop, moan, be · To what, where: races · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 50 «Heat, sun and cold on sports day» 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: Mr Okafor stops the races for ten minutes in the shade.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr | Mr | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 stops | nsubj |
| 2 | Okafor | Okafor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mr | flat |
| 3 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 races | det |
| 5 | races | race | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stops | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 minutes | case |
| 7 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 minutes | nummod |
| 8 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stops | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 shade | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 shade | det |
| 11 | shade | shade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 minutes | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stops | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | Mr | the races | minute | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector race=Eventuality |
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 kid moans «that's well tight».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moans | nsubj |
| 3 | moans | moan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 tight | punct |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 tight | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 tight | cop |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 tight | advmod |
| 8 | tight | tight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 moans | ccomp |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 tight | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 moans | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | moan | present | a kid | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | that | tight, well property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Was he right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 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 | past | kid | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, only rain can stop races
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 stop | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 stop | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 rain | advmod |
| 4 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stop | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 stop | aux |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | races | race | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | can | rain | races | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality race=Eventuality |
Option 2
Yes, but only for the teachers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 teachers | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 teachers | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 teachers | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 teachers | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 teachers | det |
| 7 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, safety in the heat comes first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 safety | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 comes | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 heat | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 heat | det |
| 6 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 safety | nmod |
| 7 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 comes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | safety in the heat | first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
No, sports day must go on no matter what
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 go | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | sports | sport | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 go | nsubj |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 go | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | aux |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 matter | case |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 matter | det |
| 9 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 go | obl |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 go | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | must | sports | no matter | day | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on matter=Location |
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