Test 10 · ★★ · VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries
Rohan wants to share a mean post «as a joke». Best move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rohan · What happens: want, share · To what, where: mean post
This is test 10 · ★★ 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: Rohan wants to share a mean post «as a joke».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rohan | Rohan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 share | mark |
| 4 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 post | det |
| 6 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 post | amod |
| 7 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 share | obj |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 joke | punct |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 joke | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 joke | det |
| 11 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 post | appos |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 joke | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Rohan | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | share not said to happen | to-infinitive | Rohan not said here | a mean post | 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: Best move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 move | amod |
| 2 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 move | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Post it on the team page
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Post | post | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Post | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 page | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 page | det |
| 5 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 page | compound |
| 6 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Post | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | post | imperative | you not said here | it | the team page | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Add his own comment to it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 comment | nmod:poss |
| 3 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 comment | amod |
| 4 | comment | comment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Add | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Add | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | his own comment | comment | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent comment=Patient to it=Co-Patient | |||
| 2 | comment | his = he | nom comment «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Report it, don't share it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Report | report | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Report | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 share | punct |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 share | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 share | advmod |
| 6 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Report | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 share | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report | imperative | you not said here | it | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not share | infinitive · do-support | you not said here | it | tree rules |
Option 4
Share it to make it go away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Share | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 make | mark |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Share | advcl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 make | xcomp |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | imperative | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go away | infinitive | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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