Test 1 · ★ · Famous athletes and what being a professional takes
Tyler's coach says «keep doing your homework an' all». Why?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: coach · What happens: say, keep, do · To what, where: homework · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 63 «Famous athletes and what being a professional takes» 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 coach says «keep doing your homework an' all».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler | Tyler | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 coach | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Tyler | case |
| 3 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 keep | punct |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 7 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 keep | xcomp |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 homework | nmod:poss |
| 9 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 doing | obj |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 all | det |
| 11 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 12 all | punct |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 doing | obj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 keep | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Tyler's coach | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | keep in a quote | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | do in a quote | gerund | your homework | tree rules |
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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Homework makes you a better striker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 striker | det |
| 5 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 striker | amod |
| 6 | striker | striker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Homework | a better striker | you | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary striker=Product |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Coaches like checking homework
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coaches | coach | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 homework | nmod:poss |
| 2 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 3 checking | mark |
| 3 | checking | check | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Coaches | acl |
| 4 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | gerund | Coaches not said here | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Academies only take top spellers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Academies | academy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 take | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 take | advmod |
| 3 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | top | top | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 spellers | amod |
| 5 | spellers | speller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | Academies | top spellers | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speller=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Almost all academy players are let go at some point
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almost | almost | ADV | _ | 2 all | advmod |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 players | det |
| 3 | academy | academy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 players | compound |
| 4 | players | player | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 let | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 let | aux:pass |
| 6 | let | let | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 let | xcomp |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 point | case |
| 9 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 point | det |
| 10 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present · passive | all academy players | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | all academy players not said here | some point | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at point=Location |
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