Test 7 · School legends
"i'm gonna fail, it's friday the 13th!!" What could you tell your mate?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i, fail, you · What happens: be, tell · To what, where: gonna fail, friday, mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 of lesson 24 «School legends» of the myths 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: "i'm gonna fail, it's friday the 13th!!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 fail | punct |
| 2 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 fail | nsubj |
| 3 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fail | cop |
| 4 | gonna | gonna | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fail | amod |
| 5 | fail | fail | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 friday | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 friday | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 friday | cop |
| 9 | friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 fail | appos |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 13th | det |
| 11 | 13th | 13th | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 friday | flat |
| 12 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 9 friday | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 fail | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | i | gonna fail | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | fail | friday | 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 could you tell your mate?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mate | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | could | you | your mate | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient mate=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only people born on the 13th get unlucky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 people | advmod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 get | nsubj |
| 3 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 people | acl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 13th | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 13th | det |
| 6 | 13th | 13th | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 3 born | obl |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | unlucky | unlucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | participle | people not said here | the 13th | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | people | unlucky property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Wear a lucky sock and you'll be fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sock | det |
| 3 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sock | amod |
| 4 | sock | sock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wear | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 fine | cc |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 fine | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 fine | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 fine | cop |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Wear | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | imperative | you not said here | a lucky sock | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sock=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | future | you | fine property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No evidence for that; worrying is the bigger problem
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 evidence | det |
| 2 | evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 problem | nsubj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 that | case |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 evidence | nmod |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 worrying | punct |
| 6 | worrying | worry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 evidence | conj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 problem | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 problem | det |
| 9 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 problem | amod |
| 10 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | worry | gerund | no evidence for that not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | no evidence for that | the bigger problem | tree rules |
Option 4
You're right, so there's no point bothering to revise this week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 's | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 's | advmod |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 's | expl |
| 7 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | parataxis |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 point | det |
| 9 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 's | nsubj |
| 10 | bothering | bother | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 point | acl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 revise | mark |
| 12 | revise | revise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 bothering | xcomp |
| 13 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 week | det |
| 14 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 revise | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | You | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | present | no point | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | bother | gerund | no point not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | revise | to-infinitive | no point not said here | week | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
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