Test 10 · ★ · Losing well and winning well
Aditi: «that shuttle was out, you cheated!». What's a smarter question to ask herself?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: shuttle, you · What happens: be, cheat, ask · To what, where: Aditi, smarter question, herself
This is test 10 · ★ 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: Aditi: «that shuttle was out, you cheated!».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aditi | aditi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cheated | obl |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 out | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 out | punct |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 shuttle | det |
| 5 | shuttle | shuttle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 out | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 out | cop |
| 7 | out | out | ADV | _ | 10 cheated | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cheated | punct |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 cheated | nsubj |
| 10 | cheated | cheat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 cheated | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 cheated | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 cheated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | that shuttle | out property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cheat in a quote | past | you | Aditi | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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 a smarter question to ask herself?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 question | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 question | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 question | det |
| 4 | smarter | smart | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 question | amod |
| 5 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 ask | mark |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 question | acl |
| 8 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 ask | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 question | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a smarter question | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | herself = she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent herself=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Why do all players always cheat me?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 cheat | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cheat | aux |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 players | det |
| 4 | players | player | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cheat | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 cheat | advmod |
| 6 | cheat | cheat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 cheat | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 cheat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cheat | present · do-support | all players | me | always property | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Source |
Option 2
How can I make the next opponent cheat?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 make | advmod |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | aux |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 make | nsubj |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cheat | det |
| 6 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 cheat | amod |
| 7 | opponent | opponent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cheat | compound |
| 8 | cheat | cheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | can | I | the next opponent cheat | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheat=Product |
Option 3
Why don't they ban shuttles that go out?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 ban | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ban | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 ban | advmod |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ban | nsubj |
| 5 | ban | ban | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | shuttles | shuttle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 ban | obj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 go | nsubj |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 shuttles | acl:relcl |
| 9 | out | out | ADV | _ | 8 go | advmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 ban | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ban | present · do-support | they | shuttles | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer shuttle=Theme | ||||
| 2 | go out | present | shuttles | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
What did she do better, and how can I practise it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 do | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 practise | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 practise | cc |
| 8 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 practise | advmod |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 practise | aux |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 practise | nsubj |
| 11 | practise | practise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 do | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 practise | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | she | well property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | practise | can | I | it | tree rules |
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