Test 3 · ★★ · Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and the whole playground
Your cousin says, "If you're wrong you have to say I'm the cleverest person in the world." What's wise?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, you · What happens: say, be, have · To what, where: cleverest person, world · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and the whole playground» 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: Your cousin says, "If you're wrong you have to say I'm the cleverest person in the world."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 have | punct |
| 6 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 wrong | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 wrong | nsubj |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 wrong | cop |
| 9 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 have | advcl |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 have | nsubj |
| 11 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 say | mark |
| 13 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 have | xcomp |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 person | nsubj |
| 15 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 person | cop |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 person | det |
| 17 | cleverest | clever | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 18 person | amod |
| 18 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 say | ccomp |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 world | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 world | det |
| 21 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 person | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 have | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | have in a quote | present | you | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is a in a quote | present | Your cousin = cousin | the cleverest person | the world | 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 wise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wise | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wise | cop |
| 3 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Accept the dare, because you're sure to win it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accept | accept | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dare | det |
| 3 | dare | dare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Accept | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sure | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 sure | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 sure | nsubj |
| 7 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sure | cop |
| 8 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Accept | parataxis |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 win | mark |
| 10 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 sure | xcomp |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accept | imperative | you not said here | the dare | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dare=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | you | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | win | to-infinitive | you not said here | dare | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No dares, let's just look it up together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 dares | det |
| 2 | dares | dare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 let | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 dares | punct |
| 4 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | 's | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 let | obj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 look | advmod |
| 7 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 let | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 look | obj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 look | compound:prt |
| 10 | together | together | ADV | _ | 7 look | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | infinitive | no dares | 's | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look up | present | no dares not said here | it | together property | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Attribute |
Option 3
Make a bigger dare back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dare | det |
| 3 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 dare | amod |
| 4 | dare | dare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Make | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | a bigger dare | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dare=Product |
Option 4
Give in and say it now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADV | _ | 1 Give | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 say | cc |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | conj |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 say | obj |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 say | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in | imperative | you not said here | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | it | now | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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