Test 1 · ★★ · VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries
Ayesha whispers «That's well out of order». What would happen if every ref got shouted at like that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ayesha, That · What happens: whisper, be, happen, shout · To what, where: order, ref, that · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 65 «VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries» 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: Ayesha whispers «That's well out of order».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayesha | Ayesha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 whispers | nsubj |
| 2 | whispers | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 order | punct |
| 4 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 order | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 order | cop |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 order | advmod |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 order | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 order | case |
| 9 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 whispers | obl |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 order | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 whispers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisper speech: assert | present | Ayesha | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | That | order | well property | 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: What would happen if every ref got shouted at like that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 shouted | mark |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 ref | det |
| 6 | ref | ref | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shouted | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 shouted | aux:pass |
| 8 | shouted | shout | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 happen | advcl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 that | case |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 that | case |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 shouted | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | shout speech: express a condition, not said to happen | past · passive | every ref | that | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Many would quit, and there'd be no matches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 quit | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 quit | aux |
| 3 | quit | quit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 be | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 be | cc |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 8 be | expl |
| 7 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 be | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 3 quit | advcl |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 matches | det |
| 10 | matches | match | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 be | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | quit | would | Many | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Nothing would change
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 change | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 change | aux |
| 3 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | would | Nothing | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Refs would get much better and make fewer mistakes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Refs | ref | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | much | much | ADV | _ | 5 better | advmod |
| 5 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 get | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 make | cc |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 get | conj |
| 8 | fewer | few | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 mistakes | amod |
| 9 | mistakes | mistake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | Refs | good property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | make | infinitive | Refs not said here | fewer mistakes | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product |
Option 4
Matches would be fairer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matches | match | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fairer | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fairer | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 fairer | cop |
| 4 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | Matches | fair property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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