Test 9 · ★ · Girls' and boys' teams
In a cartoon a girl only wins the race because the boys trip over. What's real at age 9?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, boys · What happens: win, trip over, be · To what, where: race, cartoon, age
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 69 «Girls' and boys' teams» 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 cartoon a girl only wins the race because the boys trip over.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wins | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wins | nsubj |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 wins | advmod |
| 7 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 race | det |
| 9 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wins | obj |
| 10 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 trip | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 boys | det |
| 12 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 trip | nsubj |
| 13 | trip | trip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 wins | advcl |
| 14 | over | over | ADV | _ | 13 trip | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wins | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | a girl | the race | a cartoon | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | trip over | present | the boys | over property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 real at age 9?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 age | case |
| 5 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 real | obl |
| 6 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 age | flat |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | at age | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Boys always win fair races
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 win | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 win | advmod |
| 3 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 races | amod |
| 5 | races | race | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | Boys | fair races | always property | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She can simply be the fastest
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 | 6 fastest | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 fastest | aux |
| 3 | simply | simply | ADV | _ | 6 fastest | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 fastest | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fastest | det |
| 6 | fastest | fast | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | She | fast, simply property | tree rules |
Option 3
Girls only win when boys fall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 win | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 win | advmod |
| 3 | win | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 fall | mark |
| 5 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fall | nsubj |
| 6 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 win | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | Girls | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | fall | present | boys | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Races between them are never allowed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Races | race | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | between | between | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Races | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 allowed | advmod |
| 6 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Races between them | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
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