Test 10 · The kid who is always on the bench
Jayden's old club gave him 5 minutes a game; the new club gives him 40. What changes?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old club, new club · What happens: give, change · To what, where: Jayden, 40
This is test 10 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: Jayden's old club gave him 5 minutes a game; the new club gives him 40.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayden | Jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 club | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Jayden | case |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 club | amod |
| 4 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gave | iobj |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 minutes | nummod |
| 8 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 gave | obj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 game | det |
| 10 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 minutes | nmod:unmarked |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 gives | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 club | det |
| 13 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 club | amod |
| 14 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 gives | nsubj |
| 15 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 gave | conj |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 gives | iobj |
| 17 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 gives | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | Jayden's old club | Jayden | minute | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 2 | give | present | the new club | 40 | Jayden | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient 40=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 changes?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 changes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, minutes on the pitch don't matter at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 minutes | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 matter | nsubj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 pitch | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pitch | det |
| 6 | pitch | pitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 minutes | nmod |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 matter | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 matter | advmod |
| 9 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 all | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 matter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | Nothing minutes on the pitch | all | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He has to stop training
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 stop | mark |
| 4 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 has | xcomp |
| 5 | training | training | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | stop | to-infinitive | He not said here | training | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality training=Eventuality |
Option 3
He gets worse with more minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 gets | xcomp |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 minutes | case |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 minutes | amod |
| 6 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | He | minute | bad property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He gets far more practice in real games
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 more | advmod |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 practice | amod |
| 5 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gets | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 games | case |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 games | amod |
| 8 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | He | more practice | real games | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer practice=Stimulus |
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