Test 5 · The kid who is always on the bench
Thabo: «Ag, I'll grow, man.» Will the biggest kids at 10 be the best at 16?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Thabo, biggest kids · What happens: grow, be · To what, where: man, 16
This is test 5 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: Thabo: «Ag, I'll grow, man.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thabo | Thabo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Ag | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Ag | punct |
| 4 | Ag | Ag | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Thabo | nmod:unmarked |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Thabo | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 grow | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 grow | aux |
| 8 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 man | punct |
| 10 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 grow | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 grow | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 grow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow in a quote | future | Thabo Ag | man | vn appear-48.1.1 «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: Will the biggest kids at 10 be the best at 16?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 best | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 kids | det |
| 3 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 kids | amod |
| 4 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 best | nsubj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 10 | case |
| 6 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 kids | nmod |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 best | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 best | det |
| 9 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 16 | case |
| 11 | 16 | 16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 best | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | the biggest kids at 10 | 16 | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, because small kids stop growing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 stop | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 stop | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 stop | mark |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 kids | amod |
| 5 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stop | nsubj |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | growing | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | small kids | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | grow | gerund | small kids not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Not necessarily; late bloomers often catch up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 necessarily | advmod |
| 2 | necessarily | necessarily | ADV | _ | 7 catch | advmod |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 2 necessarily | punct |
| 4 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bloomers | amod |
| 5 | bloomers | bloomer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 catch | nsubj |
| 6 | often | often | ADV | _ | 7 catch | advmod |
| 7 | catch | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 catch | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch up | present | late bloomers | necessarily, often property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, the smallest are always best
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 smallest | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 smallest | det |
| 4 | smallest | small | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 best | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 best | advmod |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 smallest | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | always, good property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, always, the order never changes after ten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 changes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 changes | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 always | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 order | det |
| 6 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 changes | nsubj |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 changes | advmod |
| 8 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 ten | case |
| 10 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 changes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not change | present | the order | after ten | always property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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