Test 1 · The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline
Coach: «I scream so they try harder, works every time». What does the science say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, they, Coach, science · What happens: scream, try, work, say · To what, where: Coach · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 68 «The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline» 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: Coach: «I scream so they try harder, works every time».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 works | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 scream | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 scream | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 scream | nsubj |
| 5 | scream | scream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Coach | acl:relcl |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 try | advmod |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 try | nsubj |
| 8 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 scream | conj |
| 9 | harder | hard | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 try | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Coach | punct |
| 11 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 time | det |
| 13 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 works | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 works | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 works | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scream speech: express in a quote | present | I | Coach not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coach=Topic | ||||
| 2 | try in a quote | present | they | hard property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | work in a quote | present | Coach | time | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: 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 does the science say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 science | det |
| 4 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | the science | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Fear usually makes skills worse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 3 makes | advmod |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | skills | skill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Fear | skills | bad, usually property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skill=Product |
Option 2
Kids' brains need loud alarms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 brains | nmod:poss |
| 2 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 1 Kids | case |
| 3 | brains | brain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 need | nsubj |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 alarms | amod |
| 6 | alarms | alarm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Kids's brains | loud alarms | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot alarm=Theme |
Option 3
Screaming improves fine footwork
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Screaming | scream | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 improves | nsubj |
| 2 | improves | improve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 footwork | amod |
| 4 | footwork | footwork | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 improves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scream speech: express | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | improve | present | fine footwork | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent footwork=Patient |
Option 4
It works only for goalkeepers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 works | nsubj |
| 2 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 goalkeepers | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 goalkeepers | case |
| 5 | goalkeepers | goalkeeper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | It | for goalkeepers | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for goalkeeper=Beneficiary |
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