Test 4 · Picking teams and being picked last
In a cartoon the last kid picked is always useless and trips over the ball. What's the real-life version?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: last kid, life version · What happens: pick, be, trip · To what, where: last kid, cartoon, ball
This is test 4 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: In a cartoon the last kid picked is always useless and trips over the ball.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 useless | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 5 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 kid | amod |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 useless | nsubj |
| 7 | picked | pick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 kid | acl |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 useless | cop |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 10 useless | advmod |
| 10 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 trips | cc |
| 12 | trips | trip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 useless | conj |
| 13 | over | over | ADP | _ | 15 ball | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 ball | det |
| 15 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 trips | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 useless | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | participle | the last kid not said here | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the last kid | a cartoon | always, useless property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | trip | present | the last kid not said here | the ball | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over ball=Trajectory |
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 real-life version?
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 | 7 version | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 real | punct |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 version | compound |
| 7 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the life version | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Last picks can't kick a ball
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 picks | amod |
| 2 | picks | pick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 kick | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 kick | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 kick | advmod |
| 5 | kick | kick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 ball | det |
| 7 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kick | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not kick | can | Last picks | a ball | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent ball=Patient |
Option 2
Real last picks never get the ball
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 picks | amod |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 picks | amod |
| 3 | picks | pick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 get | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 get | advmod |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ball | det |
| 7 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | present | Real last picks | the ball | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ball=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The last pick can be good and just unknown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pick | det |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pick | amod |
| 3 | pick | pick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 good | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 good | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 good | cop |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 unknown | cc |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 unknown | advmod |
| 9 | unknown | unknown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 good | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | the last pick | good property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | the last pick not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
The last pick is always the clumsiest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pick | det |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pick | amod |
| 3 | pick | pick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 clumsiest | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 clumsiest | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 clumsiest | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 clumsiest | det |
| 7 | clumsiest | clumsy | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the last pick | always, clumsy property | tree rules |
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