Test 5 · ★ · Losing well and winning well
Cian's team mumble «good game, lads» after rugby in Cork. What does the ritual do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cian · What happens: mumble, do · To what, where: ritual do
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Cian's team mumble «good game, lads» after rugby in Cork.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cian | Cian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mumble | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Cian | case |
| 3 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mumble | compound |
| 4 | mumble | mumble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 game | nsubj |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 game | punct |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 game | amod |
| 7 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 lads | punct |
| 9 | lads | lad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 game | conj |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 lads | punct |
| 11 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 rugby | case |
| 12 | rugby | rugby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lads | nmod |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 Cork | case |
| 14 | Cork | Cork | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 rugby | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 game | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mumble | Cian | nom mumble «communication transitive»: poss=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 does the ritual do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 do | det |
| 4 | ritual | ritual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 do | amod |
| 5 | do | do | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the ritual do | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent do=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tells the ref to change the score
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ref | det |
| 3 | ref | ref | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tells | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 change | mark |
| 5 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tells | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 score | det |
| 7 | score | score | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 change | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | the ref | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent ref=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | change not said to happen | to-infinitive | the ref not said here | the score | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent score=Patient |
Option 2
Shows they are glad they lost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shows | show | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 glad | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 glad | cop |
| 4 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Shows | nmod |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 glad | nsubj |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Shows = show | glad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose | past | Shows | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Signals the battle is over, so the body settles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Signals | signal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 battle | det |
| 3 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 over | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 over | cop |
| 5 | over | over | ADV | _ | 1 Signals | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 settles | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 settles | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 body | det |
| 9 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 settles | nsubj |
| 10 | settles | settle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Signals | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | signal speech: other | present | vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | the battle | over property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | settle | present | the body | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Starts a second half of the match
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starts | start | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 half | det |
| 3 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 half | amod |
| 4 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 1 Starts | nmod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 match | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 match | det |
| 7 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 half | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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