Test 8 · ★ · Losing well and winning well

Leo: «chur, let's get twenty!» at 12–0. What would happen to the other team if he kept going?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, 's · What happens: let, get, happen, keep, go · To what, where: 's, twenty, 12

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Leo: «chur, let's get twenty!» at 12–0.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 let	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 chur	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 chur	punct
4	chur	chur	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leo	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Leo	punct
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp
9	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 get	obj
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 get	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 get	punct
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 12	case
13	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 get	obl
14	–	–	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	15 0	case
15	0	0	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 12	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let in a quote	infinitive	Leo	's					tree rules
2	get in a quote	infinitive	's not said here	twenty		12 – 0			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent twenty=Theme at 12=Asset

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 would happen to the other team if he kept going?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 team	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 team	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 team	amod
7	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 kept	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kept	nsubj
10	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
11	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 kept	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	happen	would		to the other team	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep a condition, not said to happen	past	Leo		tree rules
3	go	gerund	Leo not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

They'd thank him for the practice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thank	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 thank	aux
3	thank	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thank	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 practice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 practice	det
7	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	would	They		him = he			for the practice	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for practice=Attribute

Option 2

Nothing, kids don't mind big losses as long as they play

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mind	punct
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mind	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mind	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 mind	advmod
6	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Nothing	conj
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 losses	amod
8	losses	loss	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mind	obj
9	as	as	ADV	_	10 long	advmod
10	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 mind	advmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 play	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 play	nsubj
13	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mind	present · do-support	kids	big losses				long property	vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loss=Theme
2	play	present	kids = kid						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They'd feel humiliated, and some might quit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 feel	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 feel	aux
3	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	humiliated	humiliate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 feel	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 quit	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 quit	cc
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 quit	nsubj
8	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 quit	aux
9	quit	quit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 feel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	feel	would	They	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	humiliate	participle	They not said here	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	quit	might	some	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They'd have more fun than ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 have	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 have	aux
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 fun	amod
5	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 ever	case
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	would	They	more fun					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Patient

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