Test 8 · ★★ · A balanced plate for a kid who plays sport
Will: «I'm sporty, I need a whole chicken a day, tidy». His mam says a bit at each meal will do. Who's right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, mam, bit · What happens: be, need, say, do · To what, where: whole chicken · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 54 «A balanced plate for a kid who plays 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: Will: «I'm sporty, I need a whole chicken a day, tidy».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 sporty | aux |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 sporty | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 sporty | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 sporty | nsubj |
| 5 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sporty | cop |
| 6 | sporty | sporty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 need | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 need | nsubj |
| 9 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sporty | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 chicken | det |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 chicken | amod |
| 12 | chicken | chicken | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 need | obj |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 day | det |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 need | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 tidy | punct |
| 16 | tidy | tidy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 day | appos |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 tidy | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 sporty | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | future | I | sporty property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need in a quote | present | I | a whole chicken | day | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot chicken=Theme |
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: His mam says a bit at each meal will do.
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 mam | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mam | mam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bit | det |
| 5 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 do | nsubj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 meal | case |
| 7 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 meal | det |
| 8 | meal | meal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bit | nmod |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 do | aux |
| 10 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | chicken's mam | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | future | a bit at each meal | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer
His mam; normal meals give enough protein
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 mam | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mam | mam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | nsubj |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 meals | punct |
| 4 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 meals | amod |
| 5 | meals | meal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 mam | conj |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 protein | amod |
| 8 | protein | protein | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | His mam and normal meals | enough protein | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protein=Theme |
Option 2
Both; a chicken for breakfast only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 chicken | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 chicken | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 chicken | det |
| 4 | chicken | chicken | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 breakfast | case |
| 6 | breakfast | breakfast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chicken | nmod |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 chicken | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Neither; kids need no protein
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 4 need | advmod |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 need | nsubj |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 protein | det |
| 6 | protein | protein | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | kids | no protein | neither property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot protein=Theme |
Option 4
Will; sporty kids need huge amounts of meat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 need | aux |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 need | punct |
| 3 | sporty | sporty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kids | amod |
| 4 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 need | nsubj |
| 5 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 amounts | amod |
| 7 | amounts | amount | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 need | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 meat | case |
| 9 | meat | meat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 amounts | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | future | sporty kids | huge amounts of meat | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot amount=Theme | ||||
| 2 | amount | meat | nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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