Test 8 · Picking teams and being picked last
Brody's mate: «saying who you don't want is just being honest, mate». Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: saying, you · What happens: say, not want, be, put · To what, where: Brody · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: Brody's mate: «saying who you don't want is just being honest, mate».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brody | Brody | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Brody | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 honest | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 saying | punct |
| 6 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 honest | csubj |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 want | nsubj |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 want | nsubj |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 want | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 want | advmod |
| 11 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 saying | ccomp |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 honest | cop |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 15 honest | advmod |
| 14 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 honest | cop |
| 15 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mate | parataxis |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 mate | punct |
| 17 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 honest | vocative |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 honest | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | not want in a quote | present · do-support | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | saying | mate vocative; honest 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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | Brody | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Honesty means saying it even louder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honesty | honesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saying | obj |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 louder | advmod |
| 6 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 saying | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Honesty | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert not said to happen | gerund | Honesty not said here | Honesty | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 2
It's fine if the kid really is slow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 slow | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 slow | nsubj |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 9 slow | advmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 slow | cop |
| 9 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the kid | slow property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It's a put-down, and it hurts his own team
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 put | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 put | det |
| 4 | put | put | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 down | punct |
| 6 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 put | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 hurts | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 hurts | cc |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hurts | nsubj |
| 10 | hurts | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | conj |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 team | nmod:poss |
| 12 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 team | amod |
| 13 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hurts | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a put | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hurt | present | put | his own team | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer team=Patient |
Option 4
It's only bad if a teacher hears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bad | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bad | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 bad | advmod |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 hears | mark |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 teacher | det |
| 7 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hears | nsubj |
| 8 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bad | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | bad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hear a condition, not said to happen | present | a teacher | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
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