Test 6 · Picking teams and being picked last
Kai in Manchester: «our kid's always captain, he's boss at it». What would happen if everyone took turns?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, everyone · What happens: be, happen, take · To what, where: boss, turns
This is test 6 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: Kai in Manchester: «our kid's always captain, he's boss at it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Manchester | case |
| 3 | Manchester | Manchester | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kai | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 captain | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 captain | punct |
| 6 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 kid | nmod:poss |
| 7 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 captain | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 kid | case |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 10 captain | advmod |
| 10 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kai | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 boss | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 boss | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 boss | cop |
| 14 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 captain | appos |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 boss | nmod |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 boss | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kai | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | kid | boss | boss | 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 would happen if everyone took turns?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 took | mark |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 took | nsubj |
| 6 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | turns | turn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 took | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | take a condition, not said to happen | past | everyone | turns | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The games would stop working
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 games | det |
| 2 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stop | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 stop | aux |
| 4 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | would | the games | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | work | gerund | the games not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Freddie would forget how to play
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freddie | Freddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 forget | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 forget | aux |
| 3 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 play | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 play | mark |
| 6 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 forget | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | would | Freddie | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not play | to-infinitive | Freddie not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Nobody would ever win a match
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 win | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 win | aux |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 win | advmod |
| 4 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 match | det |
| 6 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | would | Nobody | a match | ever | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
More kids would learn to lead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | More | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 kids | amod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 learn | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 learn | aux |
| 4 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 lead | mark |
| 6 | lead | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 learn | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | would | More kids | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | lead | to-infinitive | More kids not said here | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
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