Test 7 · ★ · Gaming nights and the morning after
Tyler's older cousin is asked to buy him an energy drink. Why should the cousin say no?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: older cousin, cousin · What happens: ask, buy, say · To what, where: older cousin, energy drink, cousin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 57 «Gaming nights and the morning 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: Tyler's older cousin is asked to buy him an energy drink.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler | Tyler | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Tyler | case |
| 3 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 cousin | amod |
| 4 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 asked | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 asked | aux:pass |
| 6 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 buy | mark |
| 8 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 asked | xcomp |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 buy | iobj |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 drink | det |
| 11 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 drink | compound |
| 12 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 buy | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present · passive | Tyler's older cousin | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | buy not said to happen | to-infinitive | Tyler's older cousin not said here | a energy drink | cousin | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary drink=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: Why should the cousin say no?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 say | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cousin | det |
| 4 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 say | discourse |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should | the cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They're full of caffeine and not for kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 full | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 full | cop |
| 3 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 caffeine | case |
| 5 | caffeine | caffeine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 full | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 kids | cc |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 kids | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 kids | case |
| 9 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 full | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | of caffeine; full property | tree rules |
Option 2
They're too cold to drink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cold | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cold | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 cold | advmod |
| 4 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 drink | mark |
| 6 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cold | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | cold property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drink | to-infinitive | They not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
They make kids grow too fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | obj |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 make | xcomp |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 fast | advmod |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 grow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | They | kids | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | infinitive | kids not said here | fast property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
They're only for goalkeepers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 goalkeepers | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 goalkeepers | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 goalkeepers | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 goalkeepers | case |
| 5 | goalkeepers | goalkeeper | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | for goalkeepers | tree rules |
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