Test 4 · ★ · Losing well and winning well
In a cartoon the losing hero smashes the trophy and feels better at once. What's real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: losing hero · What happens: lose, smash, feel, be · To what, where: trophy, cartoon
This is test 4 · ★ 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: In a cartoon the losing hero smashes the trophy and feels better at once.
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 | 7 smashes | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hero | det |
| 5 | losing | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 hero | amod |
| 6 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 smashes | nsubj |
| 7 | smashes | smash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 trophy | det |
| 9 | trophy | trophy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 smashes | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 feels | cc |
| 11 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 smashes | conj |
| 12 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 11 feels | advmod |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 once | case |
| 14 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 11 feels | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 smashes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | gerund | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | smash | present | the losing hero | the trophy | a cartoon | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent trophy=Theme in cartoon=Destination | |||
| 3 | feel | present | the losing hero not said here | well property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location |
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 real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Smashing things tends to keep you angry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smashing | smash | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 tends | csubj |
| 2 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Smashing | obj |
| 3 | tends | tend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 keep | mark |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 tends | xcomp |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 keep | obj |
| 7 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smash | gerund | things | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | |||||
| 2 | tend | present | Smashing | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | keep | to-infinitive | Smashing not said here | you | angry property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 2
Anger always vanishes after a crash
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 vanishes | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 vanishes | advmod |
| 3 | vanishes | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 crash | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 crash | det |
| 6 | crash | crash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 vanishes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vanish | present | Anger | after a crash | always property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Smashing things makes you calm at once, like magic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smashing | smash | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 makes | csubj |
| 2 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Smashing | obj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 calm | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 magic | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 magic | case |
| 10 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smash | gerund | things | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | present | Smashing | you | calm property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |
Option 4
Trophies are made to be smashed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trophies | trophy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 smashed | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 smashed | aux:pass |
| 6 | smashed | smash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 made | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Trophies | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | smash | to-infinitive · passive | Trophies not said here | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle» |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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