Test 2 · ★ · Swaps and barter in the playground
Matty grumbles, "bloody unfair, they banned swaps, it's MY cards!" What's the school's reason?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Matty, they, it, reason · What happens: grumble, ban, be · To what, where: swaps, cards · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 4 «Swaps and barter in the playground» 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: Matty grumbles, "bloody unfair, they banned swaps, it's MY cards!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matty | Matty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 grumbles | nsubj |
| 2 | grumbles | grumble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 unfair | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 unfair | punct |
| 5 | bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 unfair | amod |
| 6 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 grumbles | ccomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 banned | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 banned | nsubj |
| 9 | banned | ban | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 unfair | conj |
| 10 | swaps | swap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 banned | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 cards | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 cards | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 cards | cop |
| 14 | MY | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 cards | nmod:poss |
| 15 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grumbles | parataxis |
| 16 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 15 cards | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 cards | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grumble speech: other | present | Matty | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | ban in a quote | past | they | swaps | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer swap=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | it | MY cards | 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.
Sentence 2: What's the school's reason?
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 | 4 school | det |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reason | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 school | case |
| 6 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the school's reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Swapping cards is a crime in Britain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swapping | swap | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 crime | csubj |
| 2 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Swapping | obj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 crime | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 crime | det |
| 5 | crime | crime | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Britain | case |
| 7 | Britain | Britain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 crime | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap | gerund | cards | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | Swapping | a crime | Britain | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Swaps kept causing fights and tricks, so it's about safety
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swaps | swap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 kept | nsubj |
| 2 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | causing | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 kept | xcomp |
| 4 | fights | fight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 causing | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 tricks | cc |
| 6 | tricks | trick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fights | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 safety | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 safety | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 safety | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 safety | cop |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 safety | case |
| 12 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kept | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | Swaps | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | cause | gerund | Swaps not said here | fights and tricks | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fight=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is | present | it | about safety | tree rules |
Option 3
The cards belong to the school once you bring them in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cards | det |
| 2 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 belong | nsubj |
| 3 | belong | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 school | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 school | det |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 belong | obl |
| 7 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 9 bring | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 bring | nsubj |
| 9 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 belong | advcl |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 bring | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 bring | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | present | the cards | to the school | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bring in | present | you | cards = card | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Asset |
Option 4
Teachers want to collect the cards and sell them online
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 want | nsubj |
| 2 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 collect | mark |
| 4 | collect | collect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 want | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cards | det |
| 6 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 collect | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sell | cc |
| 8 | sell | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 collect | conj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sell | obj |
| 10 | online | online | ADV | _ | 8 sell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Teachers | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | collect not said to happen | to-infinitive | Teachers not said here | the cards | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme | ||||
| 3 | sell | infinitive | Teachers not said here | cards = card | online property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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