Test 11 · ★★ · VAR rows, referees, fans and rivalries
A dad yells abuse at a teenage ref and then says «I'm right though». Does being right make abuse OK?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, right · What happens: yell, say, be, make · To what, where: abuse · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ 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: A dad yells abuse at a teenage ref and then says «I'm right though».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 dad | det |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 yells | nsubj |
| 3 | yells | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | abuse | abuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 yells | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 ref | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 ref | det |
| 7 | teenage | teenage | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 ref | amod |
| 8 | ref | ref | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 yells | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 says | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 says | advmod |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 yells | conj |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 16 though | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 though | nsubj |
| 14 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 though | cop |
| 15 | right | right | ADV | _ | 16 though | advmod |
| 16 | though | though | ADV | _ | 11 says | advmod |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 though | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 yells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | present | a dad | abuse | at a teenage ref | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent abuse=Theme at ref=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a dad not said here | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | a dad = dad | right, though 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: Does being right make abuse OK?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | aux |
| 2 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 make | nsubj |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | abuse | abuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | OK | ok | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 make | xcomp |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present · do-support | right property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | present | right | abuse | ok property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset abuse=Product |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, abuse is wrong right or wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 right | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | abuse | abuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 right | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 right | cop |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 right | amod |
| 6 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 wrong | cc |
| 8 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 right | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | abuse | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | abuse not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, if he's a parent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 parent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 parent | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 parent | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 parent | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 parent | det |
| 7 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | a parent | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, as long as the ref really did get it wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 long | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 get | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ref | det |
| 7 | ref | ref | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 get | nsubj |
| 8 | really | really | ADV | _ | 10 get | advmod |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 get | aux |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 long | advcl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 get | obj |
| 12 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · do-support | the ref | it | wrong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4
No, but only at under-10s
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 10s | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 10s | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 10s | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 10s | case |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 10s | case |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 under | punct |
| 8 | 10s | 10 | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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