Test 1 · Picking teams and being picked last
«lol ollie got picked last again, he's trash innit». What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ollie, truth · What happens: pick, be · To what, where: ollie, trash innit
This is test 1 of lesson 66 «Picking teams and being picked last» 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: «lol ollie got picked last again, he's trash innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 picked | punct |
| 2 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 picked | discourse |
| 3 | ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 picked | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 picked | aux:pass |
| 5 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 picked | xcomp |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 picked | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 innit | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 innit | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 innit | cop |
| 11 | trash | trash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 innit | compound |
| 12 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 picked | obl |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 innit | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 picked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick in a quote | past · passive | ollie | again | last property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | ollie | trash innit | 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's the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Picking order mostly shows friendships, not skill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Picking | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 shows | csubj |
| 2 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Picking | obj |
| 3 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 4 shows | advmod |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | friendships | friendship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 shows | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 skill | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 skill | advmod |
| 8 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | gerund | order | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Patient | |||||
| 2 | show | present | Picking | friendships | skill obl; mostly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friendship=Recipient |
Option 2
The captains measured everyone's speed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 captains | det |
| 2 | captains | captain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 measured | nsubj |
| 3 | measured | measure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 speed | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 everyone | case |
| 6 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 measured | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | measure | past | the captains | everyone's speed | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme speed=Value |
Option 3
Last means worst, that's the rule
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 means | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 rule | punct |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 rule | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 rule | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rule | det |
| 8 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Last | worst | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bad=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | that | the rule | tree rules |
Option 4
Ollie should stop playing football
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ollie | Ollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | aux |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stop | xcomp |
| 5 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 playing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | should | Ollie | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | play | gerund | Ollie not said here | football | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |
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