Test 8 · The coach who shouts and parents on the touchline
In a film, the screaming coach turns a team of losers into champions in a week. What's more true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: screaming coach · What happens: scream, turn, be · To what, where: team
This is test 8 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: In a film, the screaming coach turns a team of losers into champions in a week.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 turns | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 coach | det |
| 6 | screaming | scream | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 coach | amod |
| 7 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 turns | nsubj |
| 8 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 team | det |
| 10 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 turns | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 losers | case |
| 12 | losers | loser | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 team | nmod |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 14 champions | case |
| 14 | champions | champion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 turns | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 week | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 week | det |
| 17 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 turns | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 turns | punct |
| # | 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 | turn | present | the screaming coach | a team of losers | week | into champions; in a film | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent team=Patient in film=Topic into champion=Recipient |
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 more true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 true | amod |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Shouting makes kids run faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 makes | obj |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 run | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | make | present | kids | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | run | infinitive | kids not said here | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Calm, clear coaching usually works better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 coaching | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Calm | punct |
| 3 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 coaching | amod |
| 4 | coaching | coaching | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 works | nsubj |
| 5 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 6 works | advmod |
| 6 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 works | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Calm clear coaching | usually, well property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Screaming always makes champions in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Screaming | scream | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 makes | csubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 makes | advmod |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | champions | champion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 end | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 end | det |
| 7 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obl |
| # | 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 | make | present | Screaming | champions | in the end | always property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset champion=Product |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Teams win because coaches yell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teams | team | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 win | nsubj |
| 2 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 yell | mark |
| 4 | coaches | coach | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 yell | nsubj |
| 5 | yell | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 win | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | Teams | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | yell speech: express | present | coaches | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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