Test 1 · ★ · Losing well and winning well
«crap ref, we lost 'cause of him, that's it». What's more likely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: crap ref, that · What happens: lose, be · To what, where: it
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 67 «Losing well and winning well» 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: «crap ref, we lost 'cause of him, that's it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 lost | punct |
| 2 | crap | crap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ref | compound |
| 3 | ref | ref | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 ref | punct |
| 5 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 lost | nsubj |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 lost | punct |
| 8 | cause | cause | SCONJ | _ | 10 him | case |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 lost | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 it | punct |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 it | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 it | cop |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 lost | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 lost | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose in a quote | past | crap ref | cause him = he | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | that | it | 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 more likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 likely | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The ref decided the whole game alone, start to finish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ref | det |
| 2 | ref | ref | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 decided | nsubj |
| 3 | decided | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 game | amod |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 decided | obj |
| 7 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 3 decided | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 start | punct |
| 9 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 decided | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 finish | mark |
| 11 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 start | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | past | the ref | the whole game | alone property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent game=Topic | |||
| 2 | start | infinitive | the ref not said here | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | finish | to-infinitive | the ref not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2
Refs always help the home team
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Refs | ref | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 help | advmod |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 team | det |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 team | compound |
| 6 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 help | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | Refs | the home team | always property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Beneficiary |
Option 3
Losing is never down to the players
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Losing | losing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 down | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 down | cop |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 down | advmod |
| 4 | down | down | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 players | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 players | det |
| 7 | players | player | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 down | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Losing | to the players; down property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The other team simply played better that day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 team | det |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 team | amod |
| 3 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 played | nsubj |
| 4 | simply | simply | ADV | _ | 5 played | advmod |
| 5 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 played | advmod |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 played | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past | the other team | day | simply, well property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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