Test 1 · The kid who is always on the bench
«coach hates me, I'm always on the bench, it's rigged». What's the likelier reason?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: coach, I, likelier reason · What happens: hate, be, rig · To what, where: me, bench, coach
This is test 1 of lesson 70 «The kid who is always on the bench» 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 hates me, I'm always on the bench, it's rigged».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 hates | punct |
| 2 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hates | nsubj |
| 3 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 hates | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bench | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 bench | nsubj |
| 7 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 bench | cop |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 11 bench | advmod |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 bench | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bench | det |
| 11 | bench | bench | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hates | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 rigged | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 rigged | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 rigged | aux:pass |
| 15 | rigged | rig | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 hates | parataxis |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 rigged | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hates | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate in a quote | present | coach | me | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | I | the bench | always property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | rig in a quote | present · passive | coach | 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: What's the likelier reason?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | likelier | likely | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the likelier reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Subs are chosen by the referee
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subs | sub | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 chosen | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 chosen | aux:pass |
| 3 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 referee | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 referee | det |
| 6 | referee | referee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chosen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | present · passive | the referee | Subs | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 2
The coach never even looks at the bench
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 coach | det |
| 2 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 looks | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 looks | advmod |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 looks | advmod |
| 5 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 bench | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bench | det |
| 8 | bench | bench | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 looks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not look | present | the coach | at the bench | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at bench=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The coach picks by star sign
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 coach | det |
| 2 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 picks | nsubj |
| 3 | picks | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 sign | case |
| 5 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sign | compound |
| 6 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 picks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | present | the coach | by star sign | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Positions and planning, not dislike
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Positions | position | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 planning | cc |
| 3 | planning | planning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Positions | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 dislike | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 dislike | advmod |
| 6 | dislike | dislike | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Positions | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not dislike | infinitive | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
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