Test 4 · ★★★ · Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no
Jade: «It's only one rail, innit, just don't touch it». What's the right move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jade, right move · What happens: be, not touch · To what, where: one rail, Jade
This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 75 «Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no» 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: Jade: «It's only one rail, innit, just don't touch it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jade | jade | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 rail | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 rail | punct |
| 4 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 rail | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 rail | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 rail | advmod |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 rail | nummod |
| 8 | rail | rail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jade | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 innit | punct |
| 10 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rail | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 touch | punct |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 15 touch | advmod |
| 13 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 15 touch | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 touch | advmod |
| 15 | touch | touch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 rail | parataxis |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 touch | obj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 touch | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jade | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Jade | one rail and innit | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not touch in a quote | infinitive · do-support | Jade | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-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 the right move?
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 move | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 move | amod |
| 5 | move | move | 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 right move | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Leave the ball and tell staff or an adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ball | det |
| 3 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 tell | cc |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | conj |
| 6 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | obj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 adult | cc |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 adult | det |
| 9 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 staff | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the ball | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | staff or a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent staff=Recipient |
Option 2
Hook the ball out with a stick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hook | hook | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ball | det |
| 3 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hook | obj |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Hook | compound:prt |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 stick | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 stick | det |
| 7 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hook | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hook out | imperative | you not said here | the ball | with a stick | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ball=Patient with stick=Instrument |
Option 3
Wait for a gap between trains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 gap | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 gap | det |
| 4 | gap | gap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 5 | between | between | ADP | _ | 6 trains | case |
| 6 | trains | train | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gap | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | for a gap between trains | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Step over the rail very carefully
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | over | over | ADP | _ | 4 rail | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rail | det |
| 4 | rail | rail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Step | nmod |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 carefully | advmod |
| 6 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 1 Step | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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