Test 7 · Taking without paying: the consequences Zak's mate laughs "you're such a chicken" when Zak won't take the bar. ("Chicken" means scared.) What's true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, you, Zak, Chicken · What happens: laugh, be, not take, mean · To what, where: chicken, bar
This is test 7 of lesson 15 «Taking without paying: the consequences» of the money 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: Zak's mate laughs "you're such a chicken" when Zak won't take the bar.
nmod:poss case nsubj punct nsubj cop det:predet det obl punct advmod nsubj aux advmod ccomp det obj punct root Zak PROPN 's PART mate NOUN laughs VERB " PUNCT you PRON 're AUX such DET a DET chicken NOUN " PUNCT when ADV Zak PROPN wo AUX n't PART take VERB the DET bar NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Zak Zak PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Zak case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 4 laughs nsubj 4 laughs laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 10 chicken punct 6 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 chicken nsubj 7 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 chicken cop 8 such such DET PronType=Ind 10 chicken det:predet 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 chicken det 10 chicken chicken NOUN Number=Sing 4 laughs obl 11 " " PUNCT _ 10 chicken punct 12 when when ADV PronType=Int 16 take advmod 13 Zak Zak PROPN Number=Sing 16 take nsubj 14 wo will AUX VerbForm=Fin 16 take aux 15 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 16 take advmod 16 take take VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 laughs ccomp 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 bar det 18 bar bar NOUN Number=Sing 16 take obj 19 . . PUNCT _ 4 laughs punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh present Zak's mate tree rules 2 is a in a quote present you such chicken tree rules 3 not take future Zak the bar vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bar=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: ("Chicken" means scared.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Chicken PROPN " PUNCT means VERB scared ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Chicken punct 3 Chicken Chicken PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Chicken punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 scared scared ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Chicken scared property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
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1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 Dares must always be done, or everyone will laugh at you
nsubj:pass aux advmod aux:pass punct cc nsubj aux conj case obl root Dares NOUN must AUX always ADV be AUX done VERB , PUNCT or CCONJ everyone PRON will AUX laugh VERB at ADP you PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dares dare NOUN Number=Plur 5 done nsubj:pass 2 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 done aux 3 always always ADV PronType=Tot 5 done advmod 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 done aux:pass 5 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 laugh punct 7 or or CCONJ _ 10 laugh cc 8 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 10 laugh nsubj 9 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 laugh aux 10 laugh laugh VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 done conj 11 at at ADP _ 12 you case 12 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 laugh obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do must · passive Dares always property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality 2 laugh future everyone at you vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Saying no to a bad dare takes real courage
csubj obj case det amod obl amod obj root Saying VERB no DET to ADP a DET bad ADJ dare NOUN takes VERB real ADJ courage NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 takes csubj 2 no no DET PronType=Neg 1 Saying obj 3 to to ADP _ 6 dare case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 dare det 5 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 6 dare amod 6 dare dare NOUN Number=Sing 1 Saying obl 7 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 9 courage amod 9 courage courage NOUN Number=Sing 7 takes obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert gerund no a bad dare vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent no=Topic to dare=Recipient 2 take present Saying real courage vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme
Option 3 Taking it would prove he's grown up
csubj obj aux nsubj aux:pass ccomp compound:prt root Taking VERB it PRON would AUX prove VERB he PRON 's AUX grown VERB up ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Taking take VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 prove csubj 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Taking obj 3 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 prove aux 4 prove prove VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 grown nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 grown aux:pass 7 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 prove ccomp 8 up up ADP _ 7 grown compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take gerund it vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 2 prove would Taking vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 3 grow up present · passive he vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
Option 4 Chickens are allowed to steal
nsubj:pass aux:pass mark xcomp root Chickens NOUN are AUX allowed VERB to PART steal VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chickens chicken NOUN Number=Plur 3 allowed nsubj:pass 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 allowed aux:pass 3 allowed allow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 to to PART _ 5 steal mark 5 steal steal VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 allowed xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 allow present · passive Chickens vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality 2 steal not said to happen to-infinitive Chickens not said here vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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