Test 8 · Breakfast before a match and food after
Jacob: «we won, no cap, I earned the lot» — burger, large fries, shake and sundae. What's sensible?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jacob, I, burger · What happens: win, earn, shake, be · To what, where: cap, lot · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 53 «Breakfast before a match and food after» 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: Jacob: «we won, no cap, I earned the lot» — burger, large fries, shake and sundae.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob | Jacob | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 won | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jacob | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 won | punct |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 won | nsubj |
| 5 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 cap | punct |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 cap | det |
| 8 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 won | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 earned | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 earned | nsubj |
| 11 | earned | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 won | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 lot | det |
| 13 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 earned | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 earned | punct |
| 15 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 burger | punct |
| 16 | burger | burger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 shake | nsubj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 fries | punct |
| 18 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 fries | amod |
| 19 | fries | fry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 burger | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 shake | punct |
| 21 | shake | shake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 won | parataxis |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 sundae | cc |
| 23 | sundae | sundae | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 shake | conj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 won | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win in a quote | past | Jacob | no cap | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | earn in a quote | past | I | the lot | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | ||||
| 3 | shake | infinitive | burger and large fries | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
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 sensible?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 sensible | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sensible | cop |
| 3 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 sensible | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | sensible property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Sport cancels out any amount of junk you eat that day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sport | sport | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cancels | nsubj |
| 2 | cancels | cancel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 cancels | compound:prt |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 amount | det |
| 5 | amount | amount | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cancels | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 junk | case |
| 7 | junk | junk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 amount | nmod |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 eat | nsubj |
| 9 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 junk | acl:relcl |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 eat | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cancel out | present | Sport | any amount of junk | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat | present | you | junk not said here | day | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent junk=Patient | |||
| 3 | amount | junk | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Celebrate with one treat, not the whole menu
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celebrate | celebrate | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 treat | case |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 treat | nummod |
| 4 | treat | treat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Celebrate | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 menu | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 menu | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 menu | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 menu | amod |
| 9 | menu | menu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 treat | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | celebrate | imperative | you not said here | with one treat and the whole menu | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Skip food altogether so there's room for cake later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skip | skip | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Skip | obj |
| 3 | altogether | altogether | ADV | _ | 1 Skip | advmod |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 's | advmod |
| 5 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 6 's | expl |
| 6 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Skip | advcl |
| 7 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 's | nsubj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 cake | case |
| 9 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 room | nmod |
| 10 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 's | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | skip | imperative | you not said here | food | altogether property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | |||
| 2 | be | present | room for cake | there | late property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Order it all again, because winners burn it off anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Order | order | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Order | obj |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 it | det |
| 4 | again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Order | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 burn | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 burn | mark |
| 7 | winners | winner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 burn | nsubj |
| 8 | burn | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Order | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 burn | obj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 burn | compound:prt |
| 11 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 8 burn | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | imperative | you not said here | it | again | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | burn off | present | winners | it | anyway property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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