Test 9 · ★★★ · Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no

What would happen if Sophie argued for ten minutes instead of «nah, I'm off for chips»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sophie · What happens: happen, argue, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 argued	mark
5	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 argued	nsubj
6	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 minutes	case
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 minutes	nummod
9	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 argued	obl
10	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	17 off	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	10 instead	fixed
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 off	punct
13	nah	nah	INTJ	_	17 off	discourse
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 nah	punct
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 off	nsubj
16	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 off	cop
17	off	off	ADV	_	9 minutes	nmod
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 chips	case
19	chips	chip	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 off	obl
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 off	punct
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	argue speech: disagree a condition, not said to happen	past	Sophie	minute		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	Sophie		for chips; off property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They'd all agree with her at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 agree	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 agree	aux
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 agree	advmod
4	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 agree	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 agree	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	would	They					with her = she; all property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with she=Co-Agent

Option 2

She'd win a prize for arguing

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	3 win	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 win	aux
3	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 prize	det
5	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 win	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 arguing	case
7	arguing	argue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 win	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	would	She	a prize					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality
2	argue speech: disagree	gerund							vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The dare would get easier to do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dare	det
2	dare	dare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 get	xcomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 easier	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	the dare					easy property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	do	to-infinitive	the dare not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The pressure would grow; a quick exit works better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pressure	det
2	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grow	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 grow	aux
4	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 works	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 exit	det
7	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 exit	amod
8	exit	exit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 works	nsubj
9	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grow	parataxis
10	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 works	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	would	the pressure						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	work	present	a quick exit					well property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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