Test 11 · Picking teams and being picked last
Priya's mate: «captains always pick the best, so Simran must be quick». True?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: captains, Simran · What happens: pick, be · To what, where: best
This is test 11 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: Priya's mate: «captains always pick the best, so Simran must be quick».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Priya | Priya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Priya | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 pick | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 pick | punct |
| 6 | captains | captain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pick | nsubj |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 pick | advmod |
| 8 | pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 mate | parataxis |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 best | det |
| 10 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 pick | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 quick | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 quick | advmod |
| 13 | Simran | Simran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 quick | nsubj |
| 14 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 quick | aux |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 quick | cop |
| 16 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pick | conj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 quick | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick in a quote | present | captains | the best | always property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Patient | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | must | Simran | quick 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: True?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
No, captains always pick the slowest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 pick | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | captains | captain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pick | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 pick | advmod |
| 5 | pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 slowest | det |
| 7 | slowest | slow | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 pick | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | present | captains | the slowest | always property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slow=Patient |
Option 2
Yes, the first pick is always fastest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 fastest | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pick | det |
| 4 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 pick | amod |
| 5 | pick | pick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fastest | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fastest | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 fastest | advmod |
| 8 | fastest | fast | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the first pick | always, fast property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, captains often pick friends first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 captains | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | captains | captain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pick | nsubj |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 pick | advmod |
| 5 | pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pick | obj |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 pick | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | present | captains | friends | first, often property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, captains test everyone's speed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 test | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 test | punct |
| 3 | captains | captain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 test | nsubj |
| 4 | test | test | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 speed | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 everyone | case |
| 7 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 test | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test | present | captains | everyone's speed | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speed=Theme |
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