Test 6 · The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline
Sophie stares out of the window in the arvo while her dad lists mistakes. Why does it land so hard?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sophie, dad, arvo · What happens: stare out, list, land · To what, where: window, arvo, mistakes
This is test 6 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: Sophie stares out of the window in the arvo while her dad lists mistakes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie | Sophie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 stares | nsubj |
| 2 | stares | stare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 window | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 window | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 window | det |
| 6 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stares | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 arvo | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 arvo | det |
| 9 | arvo | arvo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stares | obl |
| 10 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 13 lists | mark |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 dad | nmod:poss |
| 12 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lists | nsubj |
| 13 | lists | list | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 stares | advcl |
| 14 | mistakes | mistake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 lists | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stares | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stare out | present | Sophie | the window | the arvo | tree rules | |||
| 2 | list | present | Sophie's dad | mistakes | tree rules |
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: Why does it land so hard?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 land | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 land | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 land | nsubj |
| 4 | land | land | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 hard | advmod |
| 6 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 land | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 land | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | present · do-support | arvo | hard property | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She's tired and emotional after the game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tired | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 tired | cop |
| 3 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 emotional | cc |
| 5 | emotional | emotional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tired | conj |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 game | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 game | det |
| 8 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tired | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | after the game | tired property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | She not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
Cars make criticism louder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | criticism | criticism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 4 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Cars | criticism | loud property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material criticism=Product |
Option 3
Afternoon light makes ears more sensitive to words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 light | compound |
| 2 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 sensitive | advmod |
| 6 | sensitive | sensitive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 makes | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 words | case |
| 8 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 makes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Afternoon light | ears | to words; sensitive property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ear=Product |
Option 4
She didn't play in the match
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 play | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 play | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 play | advmod |
| 4 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 match | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 match | det |
| 7 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 play | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not play | past · do-support | She | the match | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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